Saddam on Trial
The trial of deposed Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein began this week. A paper by Professor Diane Marie Amann examined the impartiality of the Iraqi High Criminal Court, which will try Saddam and seven of his associates for torture, killings, and other crimes of repression.
The paper titled Saddam Hussein and the Impartiality Deficit in International Criminal Justice was recently posted on the Social Science Research Network (SSRN). The article examines the upcoming trial through an impartiality deficit critique, a term derived from democracy deficit, the label by which multilateral institutions are faulted for lack of accountability mechanisms common in modern constitutional states. Using this analysis, Amann lays out key concerns of the impartiality deficit critique and then evaluates the Iraqi High Criminal Court in light of them. UC Davis full news story
The paper titled Saddam Hussein and the Impartiality Deficit in International Criminal Justice was recently posted on the Social Science Research Network (SSRN). The article examines the upcoming trial through an impartiality deficit critique, a term derived from democracy deficit, the label by which multilateral institutions are faulted for lack of accountability mechanisms common in modern constitutional states. Using this analysis, Amann lays out key concerns of the impartiality deficit critique and then evaluates the Iraqi High Criminal Court in light of them. UC Davis full news story