Yvonne Mcdermott
Biographic Data
| ID | 134858 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Yvonne Mcdermott |
| GIVEN NAMES | Yvonne |
| FAMILY NAME | Mcdermott |
| SIGNATURE | MCDERMOTT Y |
| AFFILIATIONS | Swansea University |
| ORCID | 0009-0009-6121-2289 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 15 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 15 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
New evidence, new challenges
Evidence recorded on personal digital devices, or “user-generated evidence” (UGE), has profoundly shaped our ways of knowing about international crimes. UGE can be expected to play an important role in future cases before the International Criminal Court (ICC), yet few trials to date have relied extensively on UGE.. This research provides important insights into how ICC judges define UGE and perceive its strengths and weaknesses, and on the readi…
Open Source Information’s Blind Spot
Digital open source information has been heralded for its democratizing potential, insofar as it allows access to a much broader range of sources and voices than would normally be consulted through traditional methods of information gathering for international criminal investigations. It also helps to overcome some of the physical access barriers that are commonplace in international criminal investigations. At a time when the use of digital open…
New Technologies and the Investigation of International Crimes
Early Upper Paleolithic human foot bones from Manot Cave, Israel
The endocast of the late Middle Paleolithic Manot 1 specimen, Western Galilee, Israel
The ECCC’s Approach to Evidence and Proof
The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) has made normative decisions as to the probative value of different categories of evidence and the manner in which the evidentiary record should be assessed. Defying expectations that the ECCC’s inquisitorial model would render it quite unique in relation to matters of evidence and proof, this article argues that many of the key epistemological debates witnessed before other internationa…
The Expanding Protection of Members of a Party's Own Armed Forces Under International Criminal Law
Does international law govern how States and armed groups treat their own forces? Do serious violations of the laws of war and human rights law that would otherwise constitute war crimes or crimes against humanity fall squarely outside the scope of international criminal law when committed against fellow members of the same armed forces? Orthodoxy considered that such forces were protected only under relevant domestic criminal law and/or human ri…
Strengthening the Evaluation of Evidence in International Criminal Trials
Recent studies have highlighted instances where findings of fact reached by international criminal tribunals appear not to be adequately supported by the evidence. These works have typically focused on evidential issues, such as witnesses’ fading memories, cultural differences, and more sinister aspects (such as financial incentives) as the root causes for such discrepancies. However, this article argues that these accounts are incomplete, as the…
The International Criminal Court’s Chambers Practice Manual
This article discusses the nature of the International Criminal Court (ICC)’s Chambers Practice Manual as an interpretative source, in the context of a wider debate on judges as procedural lawmakers in international criminal law. As is clear from the ICC Statute, the Practice Manual should not be seen as a source of law on a par with the Statute or Rules of Procedure and Evidence (RPE), nor even does it represent a secondary source of law. Howeve…
Religious Orders and Religious Identity Formation, ca. 1420–1620
Religious Orders and Religious Identity Formation, ca. 1420–1620: Discourses and Strategies of Observance and Pastoral Engagement. Bert Roest and Johanneke Uphoff, eds. The Medieval Franciscans 13. Leiden: Brill, 2016. xii + 260 pp. $142. - Volume 70 Issue 2
Conceptualising the right to data protection in an era of Big Data
In 2009, with the enactment of the Lisbon Treaty, the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union entered into force. Under Article 8 of the Charter, for the first time, a stand-alone fundamental right to data protection was declared. The creation of this right, standing as a distinct right to the right to privacy, is undoubtedly significant, and it is unique to the European legal order, being absent from other international human rights …
Prosecutor v. Bemba
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Ryan Goss, Criminal Fair Trial Rights
Journal Article Ryan Goss, Criminal Fair Trial Rights: Article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights Get access Ryan Goss , Criminal Fair Trial Rights: Article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights ( Hart Publishing , 2014 , xviii + 208pp, £60) ISBN 978-1-8494-6550-2 (hb). Yvonne McDermott Yvonne McDermott Lecturer in Law Bangor University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Human Rights Law Revi…
Inferential Reasoning and Proof in International Criminal Trials
This article discusses the challenges posed by the scope and volume of the evidential record to fact-finding and the presentation of cases in international criminal trials. To this end, it introduces a modified version of a technique first developed by John Henry Wigmore at the start of the 20th century, which provides a device for mapping complex arguments based on mixed masses of evidence. The potential benefits of the method to both lawyers an…
The Admissibility and Weight of Written Witness Testimony in International Criminal Law
This article introduces some quantitative and qualitative analysis on the use of written witness statements in lieu of oral testimony at trial to assess in practice the impact of the rules on the admissibility of written witness testimony before the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, and the Special Court for Sierra Leone. It traces pieces of evidence admitted under the newer…
The Challenge of Human Rights
Early Upper Paleolithic human foot bones from Manot Cave, Israel
Conceptualising the right to data protection in an era of Big Data
In 2009, with the enactment of the Lisbon Treaty, the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union entered into force. Under Article 8 of the Charter, for the first time, a stand-alone fundamental right to data protection was declared. The creation of this right, standing as a distinct right to the right to privacy, is undoubtedly significant, and it is unique to the European legal order, being absent from other international human rights …
Open Source Information’s Blind Spot
Digital open source information has been heralded for its democratizing potential, insofar as it allows access to a much broader range of sources and voices than would normally be consulted through traditional methods of information gathering for international criminal investigations. It also helps to overcome some of the physical access barriers that are commonplace in international criminal investigations. At a time when the use of digital open…
Inferential Reasoning and Proof in International Criminal Trials
This article discusses the challenges posed by the scope and volume of the evidential record to fact-finding and the presentation of cases in international criminal trials. To this end, it introduces a modified version of a technique first developed by John Henry Wigmore at the start of the 20th century, which provides a device for mapping complex arguments based on mixed masses of evidence. The potential benefits of the method to both lawyers an…
The endocast of the late Middle Paleolithic Manot 1 specimen, Western Galilee, Israel
The Admissibility and Weight of Written Witness Testimony in International Criminal Law
This article introduces some quantitative and qualitative analysis on the use of written witness statements in lieu of oral testimony at trial to assess in practice the impact of the rules on the admissibility of written witness testimony before the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, and the Special Court for Sierra Leone. It traces pieces of evidence admitted under the newer…
The Challenge of Human Rights
The Admissibility and Weight of Written Witness Testimony in International Criminal Law
This article introduces some quantitative and qualitative analysis on the use of written witness statements in lieu of oral testimony at trial to assess in practice the impact of the rules on the admissibility of written witness testimony before the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, and the Special Court for Sierra Leone. It traces pieces of evidence admitted under the newer…
Ryan Goss, Criminal Fair Trial Rights
Journal Article Ryan Goss, Criminal Fair Trial Rights: Article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights Get access Ryan Goss , Criminal Fair Trial Rights: Article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights ( Hart Publishing , 2014 , xviii + 208pp, £60) ISBN 978-1-8494-6550-2 (hb). Yvonne McDermott Yvonne McDermott Lecturer in Law Bangor University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Human Rights Law Revi…
Inferential Reasoning and Proof in International Criminal Trials
This article discusses the challenges posed by the scope and volume of the evidential record to fact-finding and the presentation of cases in international criminal trials. To this end, it introduces a modified version of a technique first developed by John Henry Wigmore at the start of the 20th century, which provides a device for mapping complex arguments based on mixed masses of evidence. The potential benefits of the method to both lawyers an…
Prosecutor v. Bemba
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Strengthening the Evaluation of Evidence in International Criminal Trials
Recent studies have highlighted instances where findings of fact reached by international criminal tribunals appear not to be adequately supported by the evidence. These works have typically focused on evidential issues, such as witnesses’ fading memories, cultural differences, and more sinister aspects (such as financial incentives) as the root causes for such discrepancies. However, this article argues that these accounts are incomplete, as the…
The International Criminal Court’s Chambers Practice Manual
This article discusses the nature of the International Criminal Court (ICC)’s Chambers Practice Manual as an interpretative source, in the context of a wider debate on judges as procedural lawmakers in international criminal law. As is clear from the ICC Statute, the Practice Manual should not be seen as a source of law on a par with the Statute or Rules of Procedure and Evidence (RPE), nor even does it represent a secondary source of law. Howeve…
Religious Orders and Religious Identity Formation, ca. 1420–1620
Religious Orders and Religious Identity Formation, ca. 1420–1620: Discourses and Strategies of Observance and Pastoral Engagement. Bert Roest and Johanneke Uphoff, eds. The Medieval Franciscans 13. Leiden: Brill, 2016. xii + 260 pp. $142. - Volume 70 Issue 2
Conceptualising the right to data protection in an era of Big Data
In 2009, with the enactment of the Lisbon Treaty, the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union entered into force. Under Article 8 of the Charter, for the first time, a stand-alone fundamental right to data protection was declared. The creation of this right, standing as a distinct right to the right to privacy, is undoubtedly significant, and it is unique to the European legal order, being absent from other international human rights …
The Expanding Protection of Members of a Party's Own Armed Forces Under International Criminal Law
Does international law govern how States and armed groups treat their own forces? Do serious violations of the laws of war and human rights law that would otherwise constitute war crimes or crimes against humanity fall squarely outside the scope of international criminal law when committed against fellow members of the same armed forces? Orthodoxy considered that such forces were protected only under relevant domestic criminal law and/or human ri…
The ECCC’s Approach to Evidence and Proof
The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) has made normative decisions as to the probative value of different categories of evidence and the manner in which the evidentiary record should be assessed. Defying expectations that the ECCC’s inquisitorial model would render it quite unique in relation to matters of evidence and proof, this article argues that many of the key epistemological debates witnessed before other internationa…
Open Source Information’s Blind Spot
Digital open source information has been heralded for its democratizing potential, insofar as it allows access to a much broader range of sources and voices than would normally be consulted through traditional methods of information gathering for international criminal investigations. It also helps to overcome some of the physical access barriers that are commonplace in international criminal investigations. At a time when the use of digital open…
New Technologies and the Investigation of International Crimes
Early Upper Paleolithic human foot bones from Manot Cave, Israel
The endocast of the late Middle Paleolithic Manot 1 specimen, Western Galilee, Israel
New evidence, new challenges
Evidence recorded on personal digital devices, or “user-generated evidence” (UGE), has profoundly shaped our ways of knowing about international crimes. UGE can be expected to play an important role in future cases before the International Criminal Court (ICC), yet few trials to date have relied extensively on UGE.. This research provides important insights into how ICC judges define UGE and perceive its strengths and weaknesses, and on the readi…
Political science (11 works) · International Law and Human Rights (8 works) · Law (8 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Law (6 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Criminal Law and Evidence (5 works) · Human rights (5 works) · Criminal procedure (4 works) · Criminal court (3 works)