1st Edition

Figuring Victims in International Criminal Justice The case of the Khmer Rouge Tribunal

By Maria Elander Copyright 2018
208 Pages
by Routledge

206 Pages
by Routledge

206 Pages
by Routledge

Most discourses on victims in international criminal justice take the subject of victims for granted, as an identity and category existing exogenously to the judicial process. This book takes a different approach. Through a close reading of the institutional practices of one particular court, it demonstrates how court practices produce the subjectivity of the victim, a subjectivity that is... Read more

Table of Contents

  1. Preface
  2. Acknowledgments
  3. Abbreviations
  4. Introduction: The Victim’s Address
  5. Chapter One: The Establishment of a Court
  6. Chapter Two: The Khmer Rouge Marriages and the Victims of Crime
  7. Chapter Three: Becoming Participant: Victim Representations at Trial
  8. Chapter Four: Photographs and Outreach: Relating Victims to Images
  9. Conclusion: Moving Forward Through Justice
  10. Bibliography
  11. Index

Biography

Maria Elander is a lecturer at La Trobe Law School, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia.