Sentencing for the "Crime of Crimes": the evolving "common law" of sentencing of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda

Absent much prescriptive guidance in its Statute or other positive law, the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) has been developing, in effect, a common law of sentencing for the most serious international crimes: genocide and crimes against humanity. While it remains, as the Appeals C...

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Main Author: Sloane, Robert D. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: [S.l.] SSRN [2010]
In: Journal of international criminal justice
Year: 2007, Volume: 5, Issue: 3, Pages: 713-734
Online Access: Volltext (Resolving-System)
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