1st Edition
The Participation of Victims in International Criminal Proceedings An Expressivist Justice Model
By Alessandra Cuppini
Copyright 2023
274 Pages
by
Routledge
274 Pages
by
Routledge
274 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book argues that the expressivist justice model provides a meaningful foundation for the participation of victims in international criminal proceedings.
Traditional criminal justice theories have tended to marginalise the role afforded to victims while informing the criminal procedures utilised by international criminal courts. As a result, giving content to, shaping, and enhancing... Read more
1. Introduction 2. Victims’ status under theories of criminal justice: A critical perspective 3. Arguments for a change of paradigm in international criminal justice: Shortcomings of the retributive, utilitarian, and restorative models of justice 4. Expressivism: A philosophical foundation for international criminal justice 5. The expressivist dimension of victims’ participation in international criminal proceedings: Harmonising the adversarial and inquisitorial systems 6. A lesson from the regional human rights courts: An expressivist underpinning for victims’ right to participate in criminal proceedings 7. Victims before the Nuremberg IMT, the ICTY, and the ICTR: An expressivist deficit8. Expressivism and the participatory rights of victims before the International Criminal Court 9. Conclusions
Biography
Alessandra Cuppini holds a senior postdoctoral fellowship awarded by the Research Foundation Flanders Grant (FWO) to conduct research at the Programme for Studies on Human Rights in Context of Ghent University. She previously worked as an Associate Lecturer at the Open University and as teaching assistant at the University of Strathclyde where her research was funded by Campbell Burns scholarship. Her academic experience includes research stays at the University of Barcelona and the University of Maastricht. Her current research looks at narrative victimology in international criminal justice.
