Artikel 12 Composition of the Chambers

Geldend

Documentgegevens:

Geldend vanaf 16-02-2002

Bronpublicatie:: 16-02-2002, Internet 2002, www.sc-sl.org (uitgifte: 16-02-2002, kamerstukken/regelingnummer: -)
Inwerkingtreding: 16-02-2002
Bronpublicatie inwerkingtreding:: 16-02-2002, Internet 2002, www.sc-sl.org (uitgifte: 16-02-2002, kamerstukken/regelingnummer: -)
Vakgebied(en): Internationaal strafrecht / Internationale tribunalen

1.

The Chambers shall be composed of not less than eight (8) or more than eleven (11) independent judges, who shall serve as follows:

a.: Three judges shall serve in the Trial Chamber, of whom one shall be a judge appointed by the Government of Sierra Leone, and two judges appointed by the Secretary-General of the United Nations (hereinafter ‘the Secretary-General’).
b.: Five judges shall serve in the Appeals Chamber, of whom two shall be judges appointed by the Government of Sierra Leone, and three judges appointed by the Secretary-General.

2.

Each judge shall serve only in the Chamber to which he or she has been appointed.

3.

The judges of the Appeals Chamber and the judges of the Trial Chamber, respectively, shall elect a presiding judge who shall conduct the proceedings in the Chamber to which he or she was elected. The presiding judge of the Appeals Chamber shall be the President of the Special Court.

4.

If, at the request of the President of the Special Court, an alternate judge or judges have been appointed by the Government of Sierra Leone or the Secretary-General, the presiding judge of a Trial Chamber or the Appeals Chamber shall designate such an alternate judge to be present at each stage of the trial and to replace a judge if that judge is unable to continue sitting.