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Culture and sentencing at the ICC

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Intersections of Law and Culture at the International Criminal Court, Pages: 268 - 287

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DOI (Published version): 10.4337/9781839107306.00023

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This chapter reflects upon whether and how culture is used in sentencing decisions before the International Criminal Court. It argues that the judges have a wide discretion to incorporate cultural considerations into sentencing decisions. Through an examination of the sentencing decisions to date, h...

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Published in: Intersections of Law and Culture at the International Criminal Court
ISBN: 9781839107290 9781839107306
Published: Edward Elgar Publishing 2020
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