Binding force of multilateral treaties on the Tribunal
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Appeal Judgement - 30.01.2015 |
POPOVIĆ et al. (IT-05-88-A) |
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436. […] Nor is the ICC Statute itself, as a multilateral treaty, binding on the Tribunal.[1] […] [1] See Šainović et al. Appeal Judgement, para. 1648. |
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Notion(s) | Filing | Case |
Appeal Judgement - 31.05.2023 |
STANIŠIĆ & SIMATOVIĆ (MICT-13-96-A) |
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270. With regard to Simatović’s reliance on the Rome Statute, the Appeals Chamber observes that the ICTY Appeals Chamber in the Šainović et al. Appeal Judgement considered a similar argument and concluded that the adoption of an international treaty does not necessarily prove that states consider the content of that treaty to express customary international law.[1] The Appeals Chamber further recalls that the Rome Statute, as a multilateral treaty, is not binding on it.[2] Consequently, Simatović fails to justify why the Appeals Chamber should rely on the Rome Statute rather than its own jurisprudence and that of the ICTY and ICTR. [1] Šainović et al. Appeal Judgement, para. 1648. [2] See Popović et al. Appeal Judgement, para. 436. |