Working for the Defense in IHL

December 18th, 2008 • Conflict, Human Rights, Law

Over at Opinio Juris Kevin Heller outlines why he is advising the Karadzic defense team at the ICTY. The ethics of defense for war crimes and crimes against humanity can be tough to nut out, we are seeing a similar problem over in India trying to get representation for an accused Mumbai shooter. Heller lays out good reasoning behind working for those most people “know” are guilty.

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