Nahimana et al., Appeals Chamber Judgement, Case ICTR-99-52-A, 28 November 2007 IT-95-11-T, 13 January 2006 īoškoski and Tarćulovski, Public Decision on Motion to Exclude the Prosecution’s Proposed Evidence of Expert Bezruchenko and His Report, Case IT-04-82-T, Martić, Decision on Prosecution’s Motions for Admission of Transcripts Pursuant to Rule 92īis(D) and of Expert Reports Pursuant to Rule 94īis, Case No. Semanza, Appeals Chamber Judgement, Case ICTR-97-20-A, Bizimungu et al., Decision on the Admissibility of the Expert Testimony of Dr Binaifer Nowrojee, Case ICTR-99-50-T, 8 July 2005 Strugar, Decision on the Defence Motions to Oppose Admission of Prosecution Expert Reports Pursuant to Rule 94īogosora et al., Decision on Motion for Exclusion of Expert Witness Statement of Filip Reyntjens, Case ICTR-98-41-T, 28 September 2004 The quality and probative value of the accessible non-expert evidence was highly likely to prove the guilt of the defendants beyond reasonable doubt.īrđanin, Decision on Prosecution’s Submission of Statement of Expert Witness Ewan Brown. The notable absence of experts may be explained by the overall epistemic circumstances of the trials-the leadership level of perpetrators, the gravity of the crimes committed and, of course, the abundance of documentary evidence-which served to make expert participation unnecessary. The legal documents of the IMT contain few references to the court’s reliance on expert evidence.
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Robert Jackson, the American chief prosecutor at the IMT, decided to base his case primarily on the vast number of documents written by the Nazis themselves, rather than on eyewitness testimony, so that the trial would be based on reliable evidence and avoid accusations of reliance on potentially biased witness accounts. After much debate, 24 defendants were selected to represent the Nazi diplomatic, economic, political, and military leadership. On 20 November 1945, only six and a half months after Germany surrendered in World War II, leading German officials were brought to trial before the International Military Tribunal, the best known of the post-World War II military tribunals.
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