&quot; In Kordić and Čerkez a Trial Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia held that self-defence as a ground for excluding criminal responsibility is one of the defences that `form part of the general principles of criminal law which the International Tribunal must take into account in deciding the cases before it &apos; . &quot;
&quot; In Kordić and Čerkez a Trial Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia held that self-defence as a ground for excluding criminal responsibility is one of the defences that `form part of the general principles of criminal law which the International Tribunal must take into account in deciding the cases before it &apos; . &quot;