International Criminal Procedure

Christoph Safferling, 1971, (Dr. iur., LL.M.) studied law in Munich and London. He received his doctoral degree at the University of Munich in 1999, and passed the bar exam in 2000. Afterwards he held the position of Assistant Professor of Law at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg. Since 2006 he has been Professor of Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, International Criminal Law and Public International Law at the Philipps-University of Marburg, Director of the International Research and Documentation Centre for War Crimes Trials, and the Whitney R. Harris International Law Fellow at the Jackson Center, Jamestown, N.Y. He is member of the advisory board to the city of Nuremberg in relation to the the "Memorial Nuremberg Trials".

• 1. Introduction ; PART I - THE HISTORIC DEVELOPMENT OF INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ; 2. Forerunners ; 3. The Different Systems and Traditions ; 4. The Importance of Human Rights ; PART II - THE SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES OF INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ; 5. Purposes and Aims ; 6. The Legal Sources ; 7. Questions of Competence ; 8. Complementarity ; 9. Cooperation ; PART III - THE PARTICIPATING INSTITUTIONS ; 10. The Court ; 11. The Prosecutor ; 12. The Accused and his Defence Counsel ; 13. Victims and Witnesses ; 14. The Registry ; PART IV - THE PROCEDURAL STRUCTURE ; 15. The Investigation ; 16. The Confirmation Stage ; 17. The Trial ; 18. The Appeals Procedure ; 19. The Post-Trial Phase ; PART V - INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION ; 20. Investigation ; 21. Execution of Sentence

The author sets out the methods and sources of international criminal procedure ... His aim is to discuss and comment on the criminal procedure as this is practiced in the various tribunals and this he does in admirable fashion. This is an exceptional scholarly output that provides the best possible account of the theory and sources of international criminal procedure while at the same time examining in detail the pertinent rules.