Tribulations of Trials: Challenges of High Level International Criminal Trials
Date of Event
3-15-2011
Description
March 15, 2011
Tribulations of Trials: Challenges of High Level International Criminal Trials
Frederick K. Cox International Law Center Lecture in Global Legal Reform
Case Western Reserve University School of Law
Speaker: Brenda Hollis The Prosecutor Special Court for Sierra Leone Summary:
Ms. Hollis discusses many of the challenges facing the practitioner engaged in complex litigation involving high level accused. These challenges include achieving a workable reconciliation of diverse regional, national and international goals of such litigation, carrying out complex investigations in diverse locations and among diverse cultures, identifying potential suspects, determining how to identify, approach, select and protect "insider" witnesses, vulnerable victims and survivors, doctors, local authorities, personnel from international agencies or others who have "overview" evidence, how to deal with traumatized victims and survivors who may speak a different language and may be called upon to travel outside their local communities, even outside their countries, to testify, preparing indictments which are reflective of the crimes committed but also capable of timely judicial resolution.
Subject Headings
Special Court for Sierra Leone, international criminal law, international criminal investigations
Location
Case Western Reserve University School of Law
Document Type
Video
Recommended Citation
Hollis, Brenda, "Tribulations of Trials: Challenges of High Level International Criminal Trials" (2011). Conferences and Symposia. 288.
https://scholarlycommons.law.case.edu/law_videos_general/288