Responsibility for Disclosing Information Constituting Judicial Secret in International Criminal Law

Abstract

Disclosing confidential information, which in the national jurisdictions is referred to as secret of the investigations and judicial secret, is one of the most frequently committed offences against the administration of criminal justice. The danger of such conduct is self-explanatory. It is capable of undermining the investigations into international crimes and of putting in jeopardy life and well-being of the key witnesses. This article proposes an analysis of the elements of this offence.

Keywords

• разглашение судебной тайны
• разглашение тайны следствия
• преступления против отправления международного правосудия
• международное уголовное право
• международное уголовное правосудие
• международный уголовный суд
• международный уголовный суд по бывшей югославии
• disclosing a judicial secret
• disclosing a secret of the investigations
• offences against the administration of international justice
• international criminal law
• international criminal justice
• rome statute
• international criminal court
• international criminal tribunal for the former yugoslavia