The Rome Statute establishes a court composed of the following organs:1 (a) the Presidency; (b) Appeal, Trial, and Pre-Trial Divisions of Courts; (c) the Office of the Prosecutor; and (d) the Registry. ‘Legal assistance’, for which one should read defence counsel, is only mentioned within the context of the Court in passing, as an option for an accused if he does not wish to represent himself.2 But, as has been said: ‘There is no show without Punch’3 and it will remain to be seen whether sufficient attention has been given to the status of defence counsel and to...
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