Cultural Defences at the International Criminal Court

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Cultural Defences at the International Criminal Court is written by Noelle Higgins and published by Routledge. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1351718037 (ISBN 10) and 9781351718035 (ISBN 13).

Cultural defences, i.e. claims that certain aspects of a defendant’s cultural background should be taken into consideration by courts when adjudicating on their guilt or innocence, have been raised before domestic courts in a variety of jurisdictions. This has been a very sensitive and controversial issue. However, the issue of cultural defences at international tribunals is one that has not yet been fully explored. The main objective of this book is to analyse if the International Criminal Court can, and should, accommodate cultural defences as answers to legal charges, or if the Court should accommodate cultural considerations in other ways.