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Right Without Remedy? The Development of the Presumption of Innocence at the International Criminal Court

Michelle Coleman Orcid Logo

International Criminal Law Review, Volume: 22, Issue: 5-6, Pages: 875 - 894

Swansea University Author: Michelle Coleman Orcid Logo

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DOI (Published version): 10.1163/15718123-bja10107

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This article examines the presumption of innocence’s development at the InternationalCriminal Court. While the presumption of innocence was hardly debated at the RomeConference, several issues surrounding the presumption have been open to wideinterpretation by the Court. This article argues that sin...

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Published in: International Criminal Law Review
ISSN: 1567-536X 1571-8123
Published: Brill 2022
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