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| Varying Form of Title: | Victims' legal representation at the ICC in the Ongwen case and beyond
International justice, who will stand for us?
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| Other authors / contributors: | Human Rights Watch (Organization), issuing body.
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| ISBN: | 9781623135089
1623135087
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| Notes: | "August 2017"--Table of contents page.
"This report was researched and written by Michael Adams, a Columbia Law School Public Interest and Government postgraduate fellow in the International Justice Program of Human Rights Watch."--Page 60.
ICC = International Criminal Court.
Includes bibliographical references.
Also issued online.
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| Summary: | "Victims have a right to participate in trials at the International Criminal Court (ICC), giving them a voice in the courtroom. Victims participate through lawyers, who, according to court rules, victims have a say in choosing. But in recent cases, the ICC has increasingly taken over the decision of which lawyers will represent victims, with minimal input from the victims themselves. While the court has cited legitimate reasons for this ... it risks missing an opportunity to empower victims early in proceedings. In 2015, a controversial decision on victims' legal representation in one of the court's cases - that of former Lord's Resistance Army commander Dominic Ongwen - threw these competing goals into sharp relief. [This report] draws lessons from the Ongwen cae and broader court practice. It calls on ICC judges and its Registry to rethink their approach to victims' legal representation, and to develoop a shared policy to prioritize victims' choices and ensure their voices are heard and integrated into their legal representation. The report also urges ICC member countries, who fund the court, to support new policies with the resources necessary for success."--Back cover.
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| Other form: | Online version: Adams, Michael. Who will stand for us? : victims' legal representation at the ICC in the Ongwen case and beyond. [New York, N.Y.] : Human Rights Watch, 2017.
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