Evidence Illegally Obtained by Private Investigators and Its Use Before International Criminal Tribunals

IF 0.4 Q2 Social Sciences New Criminal Law Review Pub Date : 2021-04-01 DOI:10.1525/NCLR.2021.24.2.212
A. Heinze
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This article examines the rationales to exclude evidence before International Criminal Tribunals that has been illegally obtained by private investigators. The appeal of private investigations has now reached the level of international criminal justice, with the establishment of the Commission for International Justice and Accountability. Investigative staff at the International Criminal Court and other International Criminal Tribunals are dependent on the work undertaken in the field by human rights monitors as fact finders, employed by IGOs, NGOs, and, in some cases, by governmental agencies. Considering the importance of private investigators for the administration of those Tribunals, potential dangers of such a cooperation easily take a backseat in a car that is driven by the anti-impunity agenda. Scenarios of investigators offering money to witnesses in return for information about a suspect and his or her criminal activities are a reality. While case law has addressed the topic of illegally obtained evidence by national authorities, the fate of evidence collected by private individuals in breach of human rights has rather been neglected. This article provides a conceptual basis for the exclusion or admission of this evidence.
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私家侦探非法取得的证据及其在国际刑事法庭上的使用
本文探讨了在国际刑事法庭上排除私人侦探非法获得的证据的理由。随着国际司法和问责制委员会的设立,私人调查的呼吁现已达到国际刑事司法的水平。国际刑事法院和其他国际刑事法庭的调查工作人员依赖于非政府组织、非政府组织雇用的人权监察员作为事实调查人员在实地开展的工作,在某些情况下由政府机构雇用。考虑到私家侦探对这些法庭管理的重要性,这种合作的潜在危险在反有罪不罚议程的推动下很容易被置于次要地位。调查人员向证人提供金钱,以换取有关嫌疑人及其犯罪活动的信息,这种情况已经成为现实。虽然判例法处理了国家当局非法获取证据的问题,但违反人权的个人收集的证据的命运却被忽视了。本文为该证据的排除或接受提供了概念基础。
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