Victims of International Crimes: An Interdisciplinary Discourse

Safferling C, Bonacker T (2013)


Publication Language: English

Publication Type: Authored book, other

Publication year: 2013

Publisher: T.C.M. Asser Press

City/Town: Den Haag

ISBN: 978-90-6704-911-5

Abstract

In international law victims' issues have gained more and more attention over the last decades. In particular in transitional justice processes the victim is being given high priority. It is to be seen in this context that the Rome Statute for the International Criminal Court foresees a rather excessive victim participation concept in criminal prosecution. In this volume issue is taken at first with the definition of victims, and secondly with the role of the victim as a witness and as a participant. Several chapters address this matter with a view to the International Criminal Court (ICC), the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) and the Trial against Demjanjuk in Germany. In a third part the interests of the victims outside the criminal trial are being discussed. In the final part the role of civil society actors are being tackled. This volume thus gives an overview of the role of victims in transitional justice processes from an interdisciplinary angle, combining academic research and practical experience.

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How to cite

APA:

Safferling, C., & Bonacker, T. (2013). Victims of International Crimes: An Interdisciplinary Discourse. Den Haag: T.C.M. Asser Press.

MLA:

Safferling, Christoph, and Thorsten Bonacker. Victims of International Crimes: An Interdisciplinary Discourse. Den Haag: T.C.M. Asser Press, 2013.

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