International Criminal Law and Procedure

A small number of areas in the law are connected to as much controversy International criminal law and international criminal tribunals. The reason for this is the fact that international activities are always burdened with politics. Because of this we can consider this for scientific field in its infancy and constant development, with often steps back on its way. Meaning and basic principles of justice should be universal but the world will need many more years to come to good, working solutions. Until then we have to work with what we have, and still wander from problem to problem, from one conflict to the next crisis. Hoping that we are all moving to a better future.

In The New Terrain of International Law, Alter presents a panoramic view of modern international courts and argues convincingly that they influence domestic and international politics as never before. Whether the current development of international courts represents a new era or is a temporary golden age will depend on the degree to which the courts serve the needs and interests (both material and normative) of those who live under the legal rules those courts curate? That is the question asked in the Chapter 1. Throughout the world, there is a growing consensus that America has a lack of credibility as a fair and just world leader. War on Terror is critical because terrorism is not a conventional threat that can surrender or can be defeated in the traditional sense. More on this subject is in Chapter two. How institutions such as the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), and the permanent International Criminal Court (ICC) has reshaped how atrocities are handled at the international level is the question of Chapter 3. Chapter 4 will present and contrast the definition of enforced disappearance in respectively national and international criminal law in Bangladesh. It is also shown that the current situation amounts to a continuous violation of national and international customary law and that continued enforced disappearances constitute international crimes and crimes against humanity. Finally, some recommendations will be put forward to bring about an end to the situation. Principle of proportionality indicated to, are that the criminal codes should contain for...