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Plea negotiation at the International Criminal Court : opportunities and costs
Thesis (LLD)--Stellenbosch University, 2021.
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| spelling | oai:scholar.sun.ac.za:10019.1/109934 Plea negotiation at the International Criminal Court : opportunities and costs Oyugi, Phoebe Akinyi Kemp, Gerhard Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Law. Dept. of Public Law. International Criminal Court (ICC) Article 65 of the Rome Statute Plea bargaining UCTD Thesis (LLD)--Stellenbosch University, 2021. ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The International Criminal Court (ICC) faces serious challenges in the delivery of its mandate including legal and procedural challenges, political challenges as well as challenges relating to the victim participation and reparation regime. Therefore, this dissertation examines the question of whether the ICC should implement a plea negotiation policy to mitigate some of the challenges it faces. In order to answer this question, three sub-questions are set out as follows: which of the challenges facing the ICC might be mitigated by the implementation of a plea negotiation policy; whether plea negotiation would fit into the legal and procedural framework of the ICC; and, which lessons might be learned from the practice of plea negotiations in national jurisdictions on one hand, and in the International Criminal Tribunals for the Former Yugoslavia and Rwanda on the other hand. The dissertation concludes that the ICC should implement a policy of plea negotiation because it fits in the ICC’s legal and procedural framework and it can help mitigate some of the legal, procedural and political challenges facing the ICC. Be that as it may, the limitations of the practice of plea negotiation are fully acknowledged. However, it is argued that, these limitations can be mitigated by paying attention to lessons learned from the law, policy and jurisprudence relating to plea negotiations in national jurisdictions and the preceding international criminal tribunals. All in all, the dissertation concludes that plea negotiation could be an important tool to increase the efficiency of trials and increase conviction rates while saving judicial resources at the ICC. Appendix A and B of this dissertation contain texts of proposed provisions on plea negotiation to be included in the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court and the Rules of Procedure and Evidence, respectively. AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die Internasionale Strafhof (ICC) staar ernstige uitdagings in die lewering van sy mandaat in die gesig. Dit sluit inregs- en prosedurele uitdagings, politieke uitdagings sowel as uitdagings met betrekking tot die deelname van slagoffers en vergoeding aanslagoffers. Daarom ondersoek hierdie proefskrif die vraag of die ICC 'n pleitonderhandelingsbeleid moet implementeer om sommige van die uitdagings wat dit in die gesig staar, aan te spreek. Ten einde hierdie vraag te beantwoord, word drie subvrae soos volg uiteengesit: wat is die uitdagings wat die ICC in die gesig staar en wat met behulp van 'n pleitonderhandelingsbeleid aangespreek kan word; sal pleit onderhandeling in die wetlike en prosedurele raamwerk van die ICC inpas; en watter lesse kan geleer word uit die praktyk van pleitonderhandelinge in nasionale jurisdiksies aan die een kant, en in die Internasionale Strafregtelike Tribunale vir die voormalige Joego-Slawië en Rwanda, aan die ander kant. Die proefskrif kom tot die gevolgtrekking dat die ICC 'n beleid van pleitonderhandeling moet implementeer omdat dit inpas by die ICC se wetlike en prosedurele raamwerk. Dit kan help om sommige van die wetlike, prosedurele en politieke uitdagings wat die ICC in die gesig staar, te versag. Hoe dit ook al sy, die beperkings van die praktyk van pleitonderhandeling word ten volle erken. Daar word egter aangevoer dat hierdie beperkings versag kan word deur aandag te gee aan lesse uit die regsraamwerke, beleide, en regspraakrakende pleitonderhandelinge in nasionale jurisdiksies en die genoemde internasionale strafregtelike tribunale. Die proefskrif kom dus tot die gevolgtrekking dat pleitonderhandeling 'n belangrike instrument kan wees om die doeltreffendheid van verhore te verhoog. Skuldigbevindings sal verhoog word terwyl die hulpbronne by die ICC meer ekonomies aangewend word. 'n Konsepteks oor pleitonderhandeling wat by die Statuut van Rome van die Internasionale Strafhof en die reëls van prosedure en bewysreg opgeneem moet word, is onderskeidelik in bylaes A en B tot hierdie proefskrif geformuleer. Doctoral 2021-03-05T06:17:08Z 2021-04-21T14:32:43Z 2021-03-05T06:17:08Z 2021-04-21T14:32:43Z 2021-03 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/109934 en_ZA Stellenbosch University xiii, 242 pages application/pdf Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University |
| spellingShingle | International Criminal Court (ICC) Article 65 of the Rome Statute Plea bargaining UCTD Oyugi, Phoebe Akinyi Plea negotiation at the International Criminal Court : opportunities and costs |
| title | Plea negotiation at the International Criminal Court : opportunities and costs |
| title_full | Plea negotiation at the International Criminal Court : opportunities and costs |
| title_fullStr | Plea negotiation at the International Criminal Court : opportunities and costs |
| title_full_unstemmed | Plea negotiation at the International Criminal Court : opportunities and costs |
| title_short | Plea negotiation at the International Criminal Court : opportunities and costs |
| title_sort | plea negotiation at the international criminal court opportunities and costs |
| topic | International Criminal Court (ICC) Article 65 of the Rome Statute Plea bargaining UCTD |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/109934 |
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