Sham of the Moral Court? Testimony sold as the Spoils of War

• Main Authors: FINDLAY, Mark, Ngane, Sylvia
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2012
• Subjects: International Criminal Court; truth; legitimacy; witness testimony; judicial discretion; selective prosecution; moral court; Comparative and Foreign Law; Criminal Law; Human Rights Law
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/1166; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sol_research/article/3118/viewcontent/ShamMoralCourt.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

This paper analyses the critical influences on witness-based truth-telling for judicial decision-making in the international criminal tribunals. The judicial fixation on witness testimony reflects the weight and legitimacy given to personal testimony before international courts. This weight must be...