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Zusatztext Funk's primer on how best to represent victims is seasoned with ICC case law and meaningful insights that all ICC victim advocates need to know in order to be effective...T. Markus Funk's Victims' Rights and Advocacy at the International Criminal Court is a valuable read and resource for those who care about international justice." - Prof. Juliet Sorensen, Book Review, Journal of Criminal Law & Criminology (2010). Informationen zum Autor T. Markus Funk, now in private practice, served as a decorated Chicago federal prosecutor, Section Chief with the U.S. State Department-Balkans, clerk with the federal court of appeals and district court, and law professor at institutions including the University of Chicago, Oxford University, Northwestern University, and the US Department of Justice's National Advocacy Center. He trained and advised international war crimes judges, defense attorneys, victim advocates, investigators, and prosecutors in the Balkans and elsewhere. T. Markus Funk has the distinction of being the only person to have received both the Department of Justice's Attorney General's Award and the State Department's Superior Honor Award. Klappentext Victims' Rights and Advocacy at the International Criminal Court introduces readers to the most significant restorative feature of the ICC's procedure: direct victim participation in war crime trials. Under this new model, the ICC has given victims a voice to speak out against their abusers. Zusammenfassung Victims' Rights and Advocacy at the International Criminal Court introduces readers to the most significant restorative feature of the ICC's procedure: direct victim participation in war crime trials. Under this new model, the ICC has given victims a voice to speak out against their abusers. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword by Paolina Massidda, Principal Counsel, Office of Public Counsel for Victims, International Criminal Court About the Author PART I. INTRODUCTION PART II. A Legacy of Abuse and Suffering Leads to the Birth of the ICC PART III. TRACING THE DEVELOPMENT OF VICTIMS' RIGHTS UNDER INTERNATIONAL LAW A. Victim-Centric Justice of the 1400's - Customary Law As Exemplified By the Code of Leke Dukagjini B. Centralized State Power in the 1700's and 1800's, the Scientification of Criminal Law, And the Decline of Victims' Rights Under Domestic Law C. Twentieth-Century Resurgence of Victims Rights Under Domestic Law D. Victims' Rights Recognized as Part of International Law PART IV. PRIMER ON THE ICC A. Breaking New Ground for Victims' Rights B. The ICC's Operation C. The ICC's Limited Subject-Matter Jurisdiction D. Territorial and Personal Jurisdiction E. The ICC's Limited Temporal Jurisdiction F. The ICC's Due Process Guarantees G. The "Complementarity" Firewall: Understanding the ICC's Key Admissibility Test H. Case Initiation I. A New Paradigm: The ICC's Hybrid System of Advocacy J. Reconciling the ICC's Sweeping Promises to Victims with the Realities on the Ground PART V. THE ROME STATUTE'S GROUNDBREAKING (AND EXPANSIVE) RECOGNITION OF VICTIMS' RIGHTS A. Victims' Rights Enshrined in the ICC's Rome Statute B. Summary of the ICC's Victim-Related Rules of Procedure and Evidence C. Select Victim-Rights Case Law D. Exploring the Role of Victims as "Participants" in ICC Proceedings E. Modality and Extent of Victim Participation Remain Unsettled PART VI. QUALIFYING AS LEGAL COUNSEL FOR VICTIMS A. Becoming a Formally-Recognized ICC "Victim Representative" B. An Alternative Mode of Legal Representation: "Assistant to Counsel" PART VII. STEPS TO FORMAL RECOGNITION AS A "VICTIM" A. The Long and Torturous Road to Formal Recognition as a "Victim" B. Distinguishing Victims from Witnesses PART VIII. Preparing for Complex Group Representation A. Promises and Potential Pitfalls o...
