Victims' rights and advocacy at the International Criminal Court /
"Since World War II there have been many conflicts throughout the world, leaving millions of atrocity crime victims. Created in response to such outrages, the International Criminal Court (ICC) is the first and only permanent juridical body prosecuting genocide, war crimes, and crimes against h...
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New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
[2015]
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| Edition: | Second edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- A legacy of abuse and suffering leads to the birth of the ICC
- Tracing the development of victims' rights under international law
- Primer on the ICC
- The Rome Statute's groundbreaking (and expansive) recognition of victims' rights
- Qualifying as legal counsel for victims
- Steps to formal recognition as a "victim"
- Preparing for complex group representation
- Understanding victims' interests and recognizing the importance of managing and guiding expectations
- Holding a pre-trial evidentiary hearing to establish the historic record
- Compiling a "victimization dossier" as a permanent historic record of abuse
- Pre-trial proceedings
- The main trial
- Summation and sentencing.