RUDN Journal of LawRUDN Journal of LawВестник Российского университета дружбы народов. Серия: Юридические науки2313-23372408-9001Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba (RUDN University)2525910.22363/2313-2337-2020-24-4-1187-1204INTERNATIONAL LAW. FOREIGN LAWМЕЖДУНАРОДНОЕ ПРАВО. ЗАРУБЕЖНОЕ ПРАВОResearch ArticleTHE GENESIS AND CRITICS OF THE PROSECUTORS AMICUS CURIAE IN INTERNATIONAL LAWО ГЕНЕЗИСЕ И БУДУЩЕМ ИНСТИТУТА ПРОКУРОРА AMICUS CURIAE В МЕЖДУНАРОДНОМ ПРАВЕKopylovaEkaterina A.КопыловаЕкатерина Алексеевна

Candidate of Legal Sciences, Legal Advisor to the Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the Russian Federation to the French Republic and the Principality of Monaco

кандидат юридических наук, помощник по правовым вопросам Чрезвычайного и Полномочного Посла Российской Федерации во Французской Республике и Княжестве Монако

kopylova.diplomatie@gmail.comEmbassy of the Russian Federation to the French Republic and the Principality of MonacoПосольство Российской Федерации во Французской Республике и Княжестве Монако15122020244VOL 24, NO4 (2020)ТОМ 24, №4 (2020)1187120415122020Copyright ©; 2020, Kopylova E.A.Copyright ©; 2020, Копылова Е.А.2020Kopylova E.A.Копылова Е.А.http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0https://journals.rudn.ru/law/article/view/25259

The article traces in detail the origins of the prosecutor amicus curiae in the practice of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia. This mechanism will subsequently be endorsed by all the ad hoc international criminal tribunals. It is noted that their emergence is the result of an unsuccessful experience in prosecuting offences against the administration of justice by the Tribunal under the previous legal framework. It is also stressed that, despite its effectiveness, the prosecutor amicus curiae mechanism cannot constitute the central component of the policy of prosecuting such acts and that, at this stage, it may even be considered an obstacle to its formation, given the occasional nature of the prosecutor amicus curiae‘s intervention in the international criminal proceedings and lack of continuity. As an alternative, it is proposed to establish a special independent organ - the Prosecutor for the offences against the administration of justice - in the international criminal tribunals, including the International Criminal Court.

В статье подробно прослеживается процесс становления международно-правового института прокурора amicus curiae в практике Международного уголовного трибунала по бывшей Югославии, который впоследствии будет воспринят всеми международными уголовными трибуналами ad hoc . Отмечается, что своим появлением он обязан неудачному опыту преследования посягательств на отправление правосудия трибуналом в рамках предыдущего правового регулирования. Подчеркивается также, что, несмотря на свою эффективность, этот институт не может быть центральным компонентом политики преследования такого рода деяний и даже на данном этапе является помехой ее формированию, ввиду точечного характера участия прокурора amicus curiae в международных производствах и отсутствия преемственности. В качестве его альтернативы предлагается учреждать в международных уголовных трибуналах, включая Международный уголовный суд, особый независимый орган - Прокурора по посягательствам на отправление правосудия.

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