Victims, Atrocity and International Criminal Justice: Lessons from Cambodia

Author:   Rachel Killean
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:  

9781138737761


Pages:   246
Publication Date:   09 July 2018
Format:   Hardback
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Victims, Atrocity and International Criminal Justice: Lessons from Cambodia


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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.

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Author:   Rachel Killean
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.502kg
ISBN:  

9781138737761


ISBN 10:   1138737763
Pages:   246
Publication Date:   09 July 2018
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

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

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Rachel Killean is a lecturer at Queen’s University Belfast

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