Offender Rehabilitation in International Criminal Justice: Towards Implementation of Tailored Rehabilitation Programs

The ad hoc international criminal tribunals, namely the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia ("ICTY"), the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda ("ICTR") and later the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals ("IRMCT," "Mech...

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Published in:Case Western Reserve journal of international law 2021-03, Vol.53 (1-2), p.269-328
Main Author: Maier, Marina
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Criminal justice
Criminal sentences
Detention
Guilt
Implementation
Imprisonment
International crime
Jurisprudence
Laws, regulations and rules
Media coverage
Methods
Military tribunals
Offender reintegration
Offenders
Offenses
Pre-release programs for prisoners
Prevention
Prisoners
Prisons
Recidivism
Rehabilitation
Rehabilitation of criminals
Rules
Statutes
Treatment programs
Tribunals & commissions
War criminals
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Summary:The ad hoc international criminal tribunals, namely the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia ("ICTY"), the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda ("ICTR") and later the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals ("IRMCT," "Mechanism") faced an unexpected challenge regarding granting early releases based on the vague and unspecified criteria provided in the respective Statutes and Rules of Procedure and Evidence ("RPE"). Superficial and inconsistent evaluation of rehabilitation, one of the factors that is assessed during this procedure, led to discrepancies in the jurisprudence and stressed the weaknesses of the sentence enforcement system regarding the rehabilitation of the perpetrators.
ISSN:0008-7254
1931-3985