OUVRAGE : K. Tibori-Szabó, M. Hirst (eds.), Victim Participation in International Criminal Justice: Practitioners’ Guide

Kinga TIBORI-SZABÓ, Megan HIRST

This book is a guide to the law and practice of victims’ roles before the International Criminal Court, the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia and the Special Tribunal for Lebanon. The various chapters focus on the provisions relevant to victim participation at these courts and the case law interpreting and applying those provisions. The book thus informs the reader on the principal ways in which the relevant practice is developing, the distinct avenues taken in the application of similar provisions as well as the ensuing advantages and challenges. Unlike other volumes focusing on relevant academic literature, this volume is written mainly by practitioners and is addressed to those lawyers, legal advisers and victimologists who work or wish to work in the field of victim participation in international criminal justice.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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?

Kinga TIBORI-SZABÓ, Megan HIRST (eds.), Victim Participation in International Criminal Justice: Practitioners’ Guide, The Hague, Asser Press, 2017 (479 pp.)

Kinga Tibori-Szabó is legal officer for the Kosovo Specialist Chambers in The Hague and has previously worked for the Legal Representative of Victims at the Special Tribunal for Lebanon.

Megan Hirst is a barrister at Doughty Street Chambers in London and has worked on victims' participation issues in the Registries of the International Criminal Court and the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, as well as in an LRV team in Prosecutor v. Dominic Ongwen.