Volume 11 - Volume 11
Reflections on the Symptoms of Humanitarian Principles in the Investigations of International Crimes – A Study on Admissibility of Electronic Evidences in International Trials
Abstract
The establishment of the International Criminal Tribunal's post-World War II is the clear sign of
augmented figure of International Crimes especially. The culmination of flagship tribunals like
Yugoslavia and Rwanda opened the new phase for several significant questions such as the
maintenance of humanitarian principles throughout the investigation, relevancy of evidence,
authenticity, and overall mechanism and its legality too. The chances of an independent investigation
mechanism for international crimes may also not be denied. Under such a state of affairs, the issues
of collection, preservation, and scrutiny of the evidence of the most serious International Crimes and
violations of normative principles set out by International Criminal Law becomes crucial to know to
ensure fair and transparent justice. Indeed, the investigation procedure required for such fairness
and transparency demands unequivocal maintenance of humanitarian principles throughout the
process and legality for the sake of legal authority behind. Consequently, the present paper counts
the impact of the investigation mechanism on criminal for international crimes and the existence of
the symptoms of humanitarian principles with its legality by analyzing several International
Instruments, Judicial Decisions, and other fact findings on the record.
Paper Details
PaperID: 2576
Author's Name: Pankaj Umbarkar and Priyanka R Mohod
Volume: Volume 11
Issues: Volume 11
Keywords: War Crimes, Investigation Mechanism, International Criminal Tribunals, Global Criminal Justice, Humanitarian Principles, Use of Forensic Evidence at Trial.
Year: 2021
Month: September
Pages: 520-5532