Victim Participation in International Criminal Justice Practitioners

This book is a guide to the law and practice of victims’ roles before the International Criminal Court, the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia and the Special Tribunal for Lebanon. The various chapters focus on the provisions relevant to vic

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Volume 11

Victim Participation in International Criminal Justice Practitioners’ Guide

Kinga Tibori-Szabó Megan Hirst Editors

International Criminal Justice Series Volume 11

Series editors Gerhard Werle, Berlin, Germany Lovell Fernandez, Bellville, South Africa Moritz Vormbaum, Berlin, Germany

Series Information The International Criminal Justice Series aims to create a platform for publications in the whole field of international criminal justice. It, therefore, deals with issues relating, among others, to: –  the work of international criminal courts and tribunals; –  transitional justice approaches in different countries; –  international anti-corruption and anti-money laundering initiatives; –  the history of international criminal law. The series concentrates on themes pertinent to developing countries. It is peerreviewed and seeks to publish high-quality works emanating from excellent scholars, in particular from African countries. Editorial Office Prof. Dr. Gerhard Werle Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Faculty of Law Unter den Linden 6, 10099 Berlin, Germany [email protected] [email protected] More information about this series at http://www.springer.com/series/13470

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Editors Kinga Tibori-Szabó Kosovo Specialist Chambers The Hague The Netherlands

Megan Hirst Doughty Street Chambers London UK

ISSN  2352-6718 ISSN  2352-6726  (electronic) International Criminal Justice Series ISBN 978-94-6265-176-0 ISBN 978-94-6265-177-7  (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-94-6265-177-7 Library of Congress Control Number: 2016963158 Published by t.m.c.asser press, The Hague, The Netherlands www.asserpress.nl Produced and distributed for t.m.c.asser press by Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg © t.m.c. asser press and the authors 2017 No part of this work may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, microfilming, recording or otherwise, without written permission from the Publisher, with the exception of any material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. Printed on acid-free paper This T.M.C. Asser Press imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Springer Science+Business Media B.V. The registered company address is: Van Godewijckstraat 30, 3311 GX Dordrecht, The Netherlands

Foreword

The participation of victims in criminal justice has fluctuated and changed throughout history. Although victims were once instrumental in bringing their offenders to justice, the prevailing practice in recent his