Victims' rights and advocacy at the International Criminal Court /
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| Author / Creator: | Funk, T. Markus. |
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| Imprint: | New York : Oxford University Press, c2010. |
| Description: | xx, 457 p. ; 25 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7932431 |
| Summary: | Victims' Rights and Advocacy at the International Criminal Court undertakes the first detailed exploration of the unique role played by atrocity crimes victims in cases before the ICC. The ICC in fact guarantees to victims the historic right to participate in the actual proceedings before this first, and only, permanent international court of criminal justice. Author T. Markus Funk draws on his experience in international criminal law to show how the ICC has developed its bespoke -- and, indeed, controversial -- mix of procedural and substantive rights for victims of atrocity crimes. To set the stage for his analysis, Mr. Funk first provides a background history on the ICC's creation, traces the origin of victims' rights, and gives the reader a practical understanding of what it takes to litigate a case before the Court. This background, in turn, allows the reader answer a number of key questions: How does the ICC function? What are the legal, theoretical, and political pillars on which the ICC is built? What is the proper role for victims in atrocity crimes litigation? How well have the Court's promises to victims matched up with its actual performance? What are the upsides and downsides sovereign nations must weigh before joining the ICC? What does an ICC victim representative, prosecutor, legal officer, or judge actually do? What institutional flaws have kept the ICC, as well as the predecessor ad hoc tribunals, from living up to the expectations they have set for themselves and for the world community? Mr. Funk then moves beyond this legal background to propose concrete reforms to help the ICC fulfill its mission of efficiently redressing past atrocities, while concurrently preserving the rights of victims and the accused. In addition to discussing the foundation of victims' rights under international law, as well as the history and purpose of the ICC, the book examines the ICC's rules of procedure, rules of evidence, and other practical issues impacting the Court's daily litigation practice. Featuring a foreword by Paolina Massidda, Principal Counsel of the Office of Public Counsel for Victims at the International Criminal Court, Victims' Rights and Advocacy at the International Criminal Court equips lawyers, victim advocates, academics, government officials, and other interested Court observers and decision-makers with a thorough understanding of the promises and potential pitfalls of victim advocacy, and indeed advocacy in general, at the ICC. The book, therefore, is an indispensable guide to anyone interested in this important, and ever-evolving, permanent juridical body. |
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| Physical Description: | xx, 457 p. ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780199737475 0199737479 |