Suspicious minds? Empirical analysis of insider witness assessments at the ICTY, ICTR and ICC
| Autor: | Gabrielė Chlevickaitė, Barbora Hola, Catrien Bijleveld |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Non-VU (use for Prizes, Activities, Datasets and Projects which are non-VU), A-LAB, Empirical and Normative Studies, Criminology |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2023 |
| Předmět: |
050502 law
evidence ICC 05 social sciences Criminology Witness 0506 political science Insider international justice Trustworthiness Political science witnesses ICTR 050602 political science & public administration International justice Key (cryptography) international criminal justice ICTY Law 0505 law |
| Zdroj: | European Journal of Criminology, 20(1), 185-207. SAGE Publications Inc. Chlevickaite, G, Hola, B & Bijleveld, CCJH 2023, ' Suspicious minds? Empirical analysis of insider witness assessments at the ICTY, ICTR and ICC ', European Journal of Criminology, vol. 20, no. 1, pp. 185-207 . https://doi.org/10.1177/1477370821997343 |
| ISSN: | 1477-3708 |
| Popis: | The testimonies of insider witnesses are often key to prosecutions of international crimes, despite significant trustworthiness concerns. However, we know little about the practice of judicial assessments of insider testimonies, that is, which factors the judges consider relevant to relying on insider testimony. With this article, we set out to provide a comprehensive, explorative examination of the insider witness assessment factors used by the trial judges at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda and the International Criminal Court in 1996–2019. By using multiple correspondence analysis, we show that the factors related to insider witness assessment outcomes are generally similar across the tribunals and tend to focus on the contents of the testimonies, with less attention given to credibility or competence concerns. This research constitutes the first systematic quantitative analysis and cross-institutional comparison of insider witness assessment practice at an international level. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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