State Involvement in War Crimes Trials

Synopsis

This lecture by Sir Geoffrey Nice examines the difficulty of assessing the responsibility of states in international war crimes courts, which deal only with the responsibility of individuals for crimes they committed. Nice asks whether this has allowed states to escape attention that should have been paid to their responsibility - as states - for conflicts, a responsibility different in kind from the responsibility of their leaders.
He looks at the evidence in the Miloševi trial and in other ICTY trials to see what this tells us about the responsibility of states, and the vulnerability of trials such as Miloševi ‘s to state interests that may run counter to open, forensic exploration of complex histories. [56 minutes]

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Year of release

2013

Subjects

Law

Keywords

international law; war crimes; International Criminal Court

Online availability

URI

http://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/state-involvement-in-war-crimes-trials

Price

free

Delivery

Streamed/Download

Credits

Contributor

Geoffrey Nice

Distributor

Name

Gresham College

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