Surrendering to International Criminal Courts

Download or read book Surrendering to International Criminal Courts written by Geert-Jan G. J. Knoops and published by Brill Nijhoff. This book was released on 2002 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This highly specialized study assesses the procedure of surrender of individuals to international criminal courts, based on the practices of the International Criminal Court (ICC), that of the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY), and that of Rwanda (ICTR). The study includes discussion of the difference between extradition and surrender, the different conceptual systems of the three courts with regard to surrender obligations and rights, the judicial implications of surrender, the specific surrender defenses used in the three courts, and aspects of international extradition law and human rights law. Specific cases from the three courts are cited throughout. Knoops is a criminal lawyer in The Hague in The Netherlands. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR