Abstract
This paper identifies and examines some of the main issues in managing electronic evidence in an international court environment and specifically looks at the challenges faced by the International Criminal Court (ICC).
It sets out the legal challenges in an e-Court environment related to chain of custody and identifies potential problems associated with handling of original evidence.
It also discusses some of the unique organizational challenges that many international organizations face such as a time-limited mandate, a high staff turnover rate or the length of international criminal trials, and highlights some of the potential consequences for such organizations in general and the electronic evidence collection of the ICC in particular.
The paper argues for a holistic, organization-wide approach to advanced electronic evidence lifecycle management and concludes with the authors classifying the core requirements from which a modeling-oriented, more detailed investigation can be started.
The views expressed by the authors in this publication do not necessarily reflect the views of the ICC, the OSCE or any other international organization.
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Amann, P., Dillon, M.P., Quirchmayr, G. (2012). Challenges to Advanced Electronic Evidence Lifecycle Management in an International Court Environment. In: Papasratorn, B., Charoenkitkarn, N., Lavangnananda, K., Chutimaskul, W., Vanijja, V. (eds) Advances in Information Technology. IAIT 2012. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 344. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-35076-4_4
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