Recent Legal Developments: Redress of Human Rights Abuses in International Justice Forums for 2006

Wallace summarizes the jurisprudence for the calendar year 2006 of international supervisory bodies and tribunals that are contributing to the development of international legal norms for the accountability of human rights violations involving criminal justice issues. The relevant jurisprudence for international criminal law is summarized for the two ad hoc international criminal tribunals: the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda and the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. He also summarizes the legal developments from two major sources of legal norms for international human rights: the UN Human Rights Committee and for the European Court of Human Rights.