Article
Alternate Judges: International Criminal Courts and Tribunals
Max Planck Encyclopedias of International Law [MPIL]
(2019)
Abstract
Although the procedures employed by modern-day international criminal courts and tribunals (‘ICTs’) (International Criminal Courts and Tribunals) vary widely, one important commonality is that each has incorporated a judicial trial panel—always odd in number, and ordinarily comprised of three judges—that renders decisions by majority vote. Further, each of these trial panels has been tasked to adjudicate questions of law and fact. This fact-finding role raises the important question of whether and how each institution is...
Disciplines
Publication Date
2019
Citation Information
Megan A. Fairlie, Alternate Judges: International Criminal Courts and Tribunals, in MAX PLANCK ENCYCLODEDIA OF INTERNATIONAL PROCEDURAL LAW (2019)