Victims' rights and advocacy at the International Criminal Court

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Funk, T. Markus
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Other Authors: Massidda, Paolina
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2010.
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Online Access:An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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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.