Selected Procedural Safeguards in Federal, Military, and International Courts

Elsea, Jennifer K.

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: Criminal justice;    Defense policy;    Law;    Immigration;    Criminal procedure;   

RP-ID  :  RL31262
RP-ID  :  RL31262_2006Sep18

美国|英语

来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

This report provides a brief overview of procedural rules applicable in selected historical and contemporary tribunals for the trials of war crimes suspects. The chart that follows compares selected procedural safeguards employed in criminal trials in federal criminal court with parallel protective measures in military general courts-martial, international military tribunals used after World War II, including the International Military Tribunal (IMT or "Nuremberg Tribunal"), and the International Criminal Courts for the former Yugoslavis (ICTY) and Rwanda (ICTR).