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Part B Issues, Institutions, and Personalities, S

Antonio Cassese

From: The Oxford Companion to International Criminal Justice

Edited By: Antonio Cassese (Editor-in-Chief)

Content type:
Book content
Product:
Oxford Scholarly Authorities on International Law [OSAIL]
Published in print:
22 January 2009
ISBN:
9780199238323

From: Oxford Public International Law (http://opil.ouplaw.com). (c) Oxford University Press, 2023. All Rights Reserved.date: 25 March 2023

Safe conduct provides temporary immunity from prosecution to enable important witnesses to travel and testify without risk of prosecution by the relevant international tribunal before which they have to appear, by the courts of the host state(s), or by the courts of any other state of transit. These measures are essential because certain important witnesses may be implicated in the crimes on which they will be testifying or in other crimes, and would not agree to appear before an international tribunal without such protection. Traditionally, international law on...
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