The rights of victims in criminal justice proceedings for serious human rights violations
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The rights of victims in criminal justice proceedings for serious human rights violations
（The graduate institute of international studies, v. 12）
Martinus Nijhoff, 2013
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Based on the author's dissertation (doctoral)- - University of Geneva, 2010
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
In The Rights of Victims in Criminal Justice Proceedings for Serious Human Rights Violations, Juan Carlos Ochoa offers a systematic analysis of international and comparative domestic law on the position of the victim in the prosecution of these infringements, points to the deficiencies of the current state of customary international law, and proposes specific reforms.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Note on the Method of Citation
List of Abbreviations
Introduction
I. Addressing Some Critical Conceptual and Methodological Issues
II. The State of Customary International Law on This Subject
III. Why the Current State of Customary International Law on This Matter is Inadequate
Chapter I Conceptual Framework
I. The Concept of Serious Human Rights Violations
II. The Concept of Victim
III. The Legal Status of the Decisions of Human Rights Treaty Supervisory Bodies in Individual Cases
Chapter II Procedural Obligations of States in the Field of Criminal Justice When Faced with Serious Human Rights Violations
I. Features of States' Procedural Obligations When Faced with Serious Human Rights Violations Generally
II. States' Procedural Obligations in Situations of Mass Serious Human Rights Violations
III. General Conclusions
Chapter III The Status Under International Law of the Rights of Access to and Participation in Criminal Procedures Before Domestic Courts for Victims of Serious Human Rights Violations
I. The Approach of United Nations Instruments and Monitoring Bodies
II. Case Law of Regional Human Rights Treaty Monitoring Bodies
III. The Divide between the Common Law and the Civil Law Traditions
IV. General Conclusions
Chapter IV Access to and Participation in Criminal Procedures for Victims of Serious Human Rights Violations
I. The Legal Bases and Rationales for Access to and Participation in Criminal Procedures for Victims of Serious Human Rights Violations
II. Other Rationales for Victim Access to and Participation in Criminal Procedures
III. Addressing the Arguments Against Victim Access to and Participation in Criminal Procedures
IV. Implementing Victim Access to and Participation in Criminal Procedures Conducted in Situations of Isolated Serious Human Rights Violations
V. Conclusions
Chapter V Victim Access to and Participation in Criminal Procedures Conducted in Situations of Mass Atrocity
I. Victims in the Proceedings before International and Hybrid Criminal Tribunals
II. Why Allow Victim Access to and Participation in Criminal Proceedings Conducted in Situations of Mass Atrocity?
III. Addressing the Arguments against Victim Access to and Participation in Criminal Proceedings Conducted in Situations of Mass Atrocity
IV. Implementing Victim Access to and Participation in Criminal Proceedings Conducted in Situations of Mass Atrocity
V. Conclusions
Chapter VI General Conclusions
I. The Main Findings and Submissions of This Work
II. The Implications of the Findings of this Work
Bibliography
Index
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