6 Appeals, Reviews, and Reconsideration

This chapter considers the various mechanisms for reviewing the decisions of international criminal tribunals and courts and of their various organs. There are four such mechanisms: appeals, revisions, reviews, and reconsideration. Appeals provide an opportunity to have the first instance decisions of the tribunals and courts reviewed. There are two kinds of appeals: appeals against final judgments and interlocutory appeals. An appeal against final judgment is self-evident. An interlocutory appeal is an appeal brought during the pre-trial or trial phase of a case...