Victim participation in international criminal proceedings: Problems and potential solutions in implementing an effective and vital component of justice
- Publisher:
- The University of Texas School of Law
- Publication Type:
- Journal Article
- Citation:
- Texas International Law Journal, 2014, 49 pp. 1 - 32
- Issue Date:
- 2014
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Effective and meaningful victim participation in international criminal proceedings is a vital component of transitional justice. In post-conflict societies, victim participation can empower survivors, engender individual healing and social trust, and promote accountability and the rule of law. Although victim participation is well established and noncontroversial in domestic civil law jurisdictions, it cannot simply be translated into the international arena. A host of difficulties, beginning with the potentially enormous number of victims of international crimes, plague implementation of this crucial component of justice. This Article examines many of the difficulties involved in institutionalizing effective victim participation into international criminal proceedings, but it also proposes three solutions. These solutions offer a way forward for systemic development of the International Criminal Court (ICC) and future ad hoc international tribunals.
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