In the Shadow of Politics: Victim Participation in the Kenyan ICC Cases
In the Shadow of Politics: Victim Participation in the Kenyan ICC Cases, June 2016, Impunity Watch
77 Pages Posted: 15 Sep 2016
Date Written: September 15, 2016
Abstract
The study critically examines victim participation in the Kenyan ICC Cases, exploring the assumed benefits and impact of participation, the challenges faced by victims seeking to participate, as well as the broader institutional challenges facing judges and lawyers as they attempted to operationalise a victim participation regime within international criminal proceedings. A common thread running through the analysis demonstrates that the benefits and challenges of victim participation cannot be understood in isolation from the political and social context in which it takes place. The report shows how challenges relating to taking the cases forward and the hostile attitude of the Kenyan authorities towards the ICC have significantly undermined the goals of victim participation.
Keywords: Victim participation, international criminal court, Kenya
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