Tibori-Szabó & Hirst: Victim Participation in International Criminal Justice: Practitioners’ Guide

15/07/2017

Kinga Tibori-Szabó (Kosovo Specialist Chambers) & Megan Hirst (Doughty Street Chambers) have published Victim Participation in International Criminal Justice: Practitioners’ Guide (Asser Press 2017). Contents include:

Kinga Tibori-Szabó & Megan Hirst, Introduction: Victim Participation in International Criminal Justice
Mélissa Fardel & Nuria Vehils Olarra, The Application Process: Procedure and Players
Heloise Dumont, Requirements for Victim Participation
Mariana Pena, The Role of Intermediaries and Third Parties in Victim Participation
Megan Hirst, Legal Representation of Participating Victims
Yaiza Alvarez Reyes, The Protection of Victims Participating in International Criminal Justice
Caroline Walter, Victims’ Rights and Obligations as Regards the Case File: Access, Disclosure and Filing Submissions
Peter Haynes, Victims’ Lawyers in the Courtroom: Opening and Closing Statements, Questioning Witnesses, Challenging and Presenting Evidence
Daniella Rudy & Megan Hirst, Victims Appearing in Person Before a Chamber
Ellie Smith, Victims in the Witness Stand: Socio-Cultural and Psychological Challenges in Eliciting Victim Testimony
Elizabeth A. Turchi, Victims’ Attendance in the Courtroom to Observe Proceedings
Kinga Tibori-Szabó, The Rights of Participating Victims to Appeal and Participate in the Appeal Against Interlocutory Decisions and Trial Judgments
Carla Ferstman, Reparations, Assistance and Support
Megan Hirst, Termination of Victim Participation
Kinga Tibori-Szabó, Barbara Bianchini, Anushka Sehmi, & Silke Studzinsky, Communication Between Victims’ Lawyers and Their Clients
Rianne Letschert, International Criminal Proceedings—An Adequate Tool for Victims’ Justice?