The Genocide Acquittal in the Sikirica Case Before the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia and the Coming of Age of the Guilty Plea
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12187235 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Nina H B Jørgensen (0000-0003-3499-8289, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2002 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 389-407 |
| Publication date | 2002-06-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Leiden Journal of International Law (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0922-1565 • E-ISSN: 1478-9698 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0922156502000195 |
| OpenAlex | W2046402906 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
This article focuses on two key aspects of the Keraterm case before the ICTY. The first is Duško Sikirica's acquittal of the crime of genocide. The Trial Chamber's construction of the phrase “destruction in part of a group” is critically examined and compared to the reasoning of a differently constituted Trial Chamber in the Krstić case. The second key aspect of the Keraterm case is the decision by all three defendants to enter into plea agreements with the Prosecutor at a relatively late stage in the trial. This article discusses the rules governing plea agreements, general sentencing factors and the extent to which guilty pleas have resulted in a pattern of lighter sentences in the jurisprudence of the Tribunals
Acquittal · Criminal procedure · Criminology · Genocide · Jurisprudence · Plea · Political science · Sociology · Tribunal · European and International Law Studies · Global Peace and Security Dynamics · International Law and Human Rights · Law
| Citations per year | 0.11 |
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| Citation span | 2007 - 2025 (19) |
| Highly cited | No |