Abstract
This article examines the application of the defense of duress by international criminal tribunals through analyzing opposing theoretical approaches to justifications and excuses. The purpose of this examination is twofold. First, the article offers a framework for duress’s application by examining scholarly approaches to duress and by analyzing the application of the defense by international tribunals. This analysis includes the tribunals constituted following the Second World War and International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY). Second, the article provides insight into the underlying rationales that guide judges at the international tribunals in the last decade through the judges’ application of the defense.
Recommended Citation
Noam Wiener, Excuses, Justifications, and Duress at the International Criminal Tribunals, 26 Pace Int'l L. Rev. 88 (2014)DOI: https://doi.org/10.58948/2331-3536.1342
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