Victims, Atrocity and International Criminal Justice

Lessons from Cambodia

Rachel Killean

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Routledge
06 December 2019

International criminal law; Criminal justice law

Series: Transitional Justice

While international criminal courts have often been declared as bringing ‘justice’ to victims, their procedures and outcomes historically showed little reflection of the needs and interests of victims themselves. This situation has changed significantly over the last sixty years; victims are increasingly acknowledged as having various ‘rights’, while their need for justice has been deployed as a means of justifying the establishment of international criminal courts. However, it is arguable that the goals of political and legal elites continue to be given precedence, and the ability of courts to deliver ‘justice to victims’ remains contested. This book contributes to this important debate through an examination of the role of victims as civil parties within the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia. Drawing on a series of interviews with civil parties, court practitioners and civil society actors, the book explores the way in which both the ECCC and the role of victims within it are shaped by specific political, economic and legal contexts; examining the ‘gap’ between the legitimising value of the ‘imagined victim’, and the extent to which victims are able to further their interests within the courtroom.

By: Rachel Killean
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9780367895471
ISBN 10: 0367895471
Series: Transitional Justice
Pages: 246
Publication Date: 06 December 2019
Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , Primary , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

1. Introduction 2. Victimology, Victims’ Rights and the Politicised Victim 3. Compromised Justice: The Road to the ECCC 4. Judicial Policy Making and the Shaping of Civil Party Participation 5. Practitioner Perspectives on Working for and with Victims 6. Professionalised Civil Society and the Civil Party System 7. Civil Parties, Justice and Legitimacy at the ECCC 8. Conclusion

Rachel Killean is a lecturer at Queen’s University Belfast