Fact-Finding Powers of International Prosecutors »
Shyamala Alagendra, Victor Băieşu, Karim A A Khan
1 The demands for ‘accountability’, an ‘end to impunity’, and an assertion of the ‘rights of victims’ (Victims’ Rights) represent essential goals of international criminal justice. These goals cannot be attained without prosecutors who operate independently at all times and within a legal framework that allows the prosecutor to meaningfully investigate. The ability to investigate is predicated on a requirement that the prosecutor has the ability to ‘follow the evidence’ and seek out relevant and probative evidence necessary to a determination whether or not to...
