Victimology and Victim Rights

Table of Contents

List of Abbreviations *

List of International Instruments *

List of Statutes *

List of Cases *

List of Tables *

Preface *

Part I - Victimology and Victim Rights in Comparative Contexts *

Chapter One: Victim Issues in International Law and Context *

Introduction *

A Multi-Jurisdictional Approach *

Law and Policy/Law or Policy *

Victimology and Victim Rights *

The Rise of Victimology and the Development of Human Rights *

Positivist Victimology and the Present: The Victim's Voice, Struggles with Local Suffering and the Positivist Agenda *

Normative Stakeholders of Law and Justice *

The Continental European Approach *

Ratification on the Domestic Level: Law, Policy and the Victim *

Reshaping the Roles of Justice Stakeholders *

International, Regional and Domestic Reform: Law and Policy *

Notes *

Chapter Two: International Norms in Victimology and Victim Rights *

Introduction *

International Norms of Victim Rights *

Fair, Courteous and Respectful Treatment *

Information and to be Kept Informed *

Relevant Support Services *

Protection from the Accused and Others *

Participatory, Procedural and Substantive Rights *

Fair Trial Rights *

Access to Compensation, Restitution and Reparations *

Restorative Intervention and Therapeutic Justice *

Domestic Ratification *

Without Prejudice to the Offender *

Normative Victim Rights in Context: Positive State Obligations and Fair Trial Rights in International Law and Policy *

Realising the Centrality of the Victim: Positive Obligations to Protect Victim Rights *

Fair Trial Rights in Context: Equality of Arms in International Law *

Notes *

Chapter Three: Comparative Issues and Perspectives *

Introduction *

Inculcating International Standards in Law and Policy *

Ratification of International Declarations and Instruments *

Policy Transfer of International Standards *

Dismantling Adversarial/Inquisitorial Boundaries *

Hybrid Systems: Criminal Law, Criminal Justice and Mixed Systems of Administration *

Law Reform Processes *

Commissions of Inquiry *

Emerging International Reforms in Law and Policy *

Trial Participation and the Right to be Consulted *

Counsel for Victims of Crime *

Substantive and Enforceable Rights for Victims of Crime *

Restorative Justice *

Therapeutic Justice *

A Focus on Reparations *

Compensation and Restitution *

Notes *

Part II - The Victim in Internationalised Systems of Criminal Justice *

Chapter Four: Victims in International Law and Policy *

Introduction *

Supra-National Bodies *

United Nations Declarations *

Treaty Monitoring Bodies *

International Courts and Tribunals *

Ad hoc Tribunals: The Nuremberg and Tokyo Tribunals, the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda *

The International Criminal Court *

Domestic Courts Under International Law *

Extraordinary Chambers of the Courts of Cambodia *

Special Panels of East Timor (Timor Leste) *

Internationalised Panels in Kosovo *

Notes *

Chapter Five: Victims in Regional Law and Policy *

Introduction *

Council of Europe, the European Commission and the European Union *

The European Court of Justice *

The European Court of Human Rights *

The European Union and Victim Rights in Focus *

Notes *

Chapter Six: Victims in Domestic Law and Policy *

Introduction *

Inquisitorial Systems *

Germany *

France *

Mixed Inquisitorial/Adversarial Systems *

Sweden *

The Netherlands *

Austria *

Adversarial Systems *

England and Wales *

Scotland *

Ireland *

United Sates of America *

Australia *

Canada *

New Zealand *

India *

South Africa *

Mixed and Hybrid Systems *

Japan *

Brazil *

Notes *

Part III - Victims in Law and Policy: Discord and Debate *

Chapter Seven: Victim Rights in Law and Policy *

Introduction *

International and Regional Instruments and the Domestic Reform Process *

Hard Law/Soft Law in Domestic Contexts *

The Limits of Public Policy *

Victim Rights and the Reluctance of Normative Stakeholders *

Notes *

Chapter Eight: Victim Rights in the Twenty-First Century: Intervention and Innovation *

Introduction *

The Promise of Victimology Realised? *

References *

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