Fact-finding without facts: the uncertain evidentiary foundations of international criminal convictions
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Contents
Acknowledgments page
xi
Introduction
ι
ι
The Evidence Supporting International Criminal Convictions
11
i.A.
The Prevalence of Eyewitness Testimony
11
l.B. The Limitations of Eyewitness Testimony
14
2
Questions Unanswered: International Witnesses and the
Information Unconveyed
21
i.A.
International Witnesses and Their Inability to Answer Who,
What, Where, or
\ЛТіеп
Questions
22
2.А.І.
Dates
24
2.A.Ü.
Duration
2.7
2.А.ІІІ.
Distance
29
2.A.ÍV.
Numerical Estimations
33
2.A.V. Two-Dimensional Representations
2.A.VÍ.
Important Details
2.A.VÜ.
Court Procedures
2.A.VÍÜ.
Summary
2.B. Questions and Answers: A Different Sort of
Communication Breakdown
3
The Educational, Linguistic, and Cultural Impediments to
Accurate Fact-Finding at the International Tribunals
3.A. Education, Literacy, and Life Experiences
3.B. Interpretation Errors
3.C. Cultural Divergences
3-D.
Education,
Interpretation,
and Culture: Innocent
Explanations or Concealment Techniques?
100
3.E. Summary
105
4
Of Inconsistencies and Their Explanations
106
4.A. The Nature of the Inconsistencies
106
4.B. The Prevalence of the Inconsistencies
118
4.C. The Causes of the Inconsistencies
122
5
Perjury: The Counternarrative
130
5.A. A Cultural Component to Perjury?
131
5.B. Perjury Incentives
135
5.C. The Incidence of Perjury at the International Tribunals
149
6
Expectations Unfulfilled: The Consequences of the Fact-Finding
Impediments
167
7
Casual Indifference: The Trial Chambers' Treatment of
Testimonial Deficiencies
189
7.
A. The Trial Chambers' Lackadaisical Attitude Toward
Testimonial Deficiencies
190
7.B. Evidentiary Bases Exposed: The CDF Judgment
203
7.В.1.
A Brief Summary of the Case
203
7.В.І1.
Crimes Committed in the Towns of
Tongo
Field
204
7.В.ІІІ.
Crimes Committed in Koribondo
206
7.B.IV. Crimes Committed in the Bo District
212
7.B.V. Crimes Committed in the Bonthe District
212
7.B.V1. Crimes Committed at
Talia
214
7.B.VÜ.
Crimes Committed in the Moyamba District
215
7.B.VÜÍ.
The Enlistment or Use of Child Soldiers
216
7.B.IX. The Underlying Crimes
219
7.B.X. Summary
220
7.C. Summary and Statistics: International Criminal Trials and
the Culture of Conviction
220
8
Organizational Liability Revived: The Pro-Conviction Bias
Explained
224
8.
A. The Politics of Acquittals
225
8.B. Judicial Backgrounds
234
8.C. The Lure of Organizational Liability
235
8.С.І.
Organizational Liability as an Evidentiary Proxy
236
8.С.ІІ.
Explaining the Acquittals by Evidentiary Proxies
254
8.С.ІІІ.
Summary
271
Help Needed: Practical Suggestions and Procedural Reforms to
Improve Fact-Finding Accuracy
9.A. Improving That Which Already Exists: Small-Scale
Adaptations to Existing Procedures
9.А.1.
Language Interpretation
9.A.Ü.
Investigations
9.А.ІІІ.
On-Site
Visits
9.B. Publicizing and Punishing Perjury
9.
С
Large-Scale Procedural Reforms
9.
Ci.
The Case for Contextualization
9.0.11.
International Criminal Procedures: Uniformity in
the Face of Diversity
9.С.ІІІ.
Considering Context through the Importation of
Domestic Procedures
9.Civ.
The Choice between Adversarial and
Nonadversarial Methods of Evidence Presentation
9.D. Reducing the Impact of Testimonial Deficiencies and
Aligning Stated and Actual Conviction Justifications
Through the Use of Associational Doctrines
Assessing the Status Quo: They Are Not Doing What They Say
They Are Doing, but Is What They Are Doing Worth Doing?
10
.A. The Adequacy of Inferences
10.B. The Close-Enough Approach to Fact-Finding
10.
С
Reconceptualizing the Standard of Proof
Conclusion
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