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Volume II, s.6 International Criminal Proceedings, Ch.32 The Status and Role of the Victim

Claude Jorda, Jérôme Hemptinne

From: The Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court

Edited By: Professor Antonio Cassese, Professor Paola Gaeta, Mr John R.W.D. Jones

From: Oxford Public International Law (http://opil.ouplaw.com). (c) Oxford University Press, 2023. All Rights Reserved.date: 02 June 2023

Subject(s):
International criminal law, victims — Prosecutors — Witnesses — International courts and tribunals, procedure — Jurisdiction
The Statutes of the Tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda overlook victims in two respects: victims cannot take part in a personal capacity in the criminal proceedings and are not entitled to obtain compensation for the harm they suffered. The first of those prerogatives is vested exclusively in the Prosecutor, who is deemed, throughout the course of the proceedings, to represent the interests of the international community—including, therefore, those of the victims—whilst the second falls mainly within the jurisdiction of domestic courts.This conception...
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