The Paradox of Victim-Centrism: Victim Participation at the Khmer Rouge Tribunal
It has been claimed - though not proved - that victims will be benefited by participation in international criminal tribunals. This article interrogates this claim in the context of victim participation at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC), commonly referred to as the Khmer...
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sg-smu-ink.sol_research-18292020-06-08T08:53:29Z The Paradox of Victim-Centrism: Victim Participation at the Khmer Rouge Tribunal MOHAN, Mahdev It has been claimed - though not proved - that victims will be benefited by participation in international criminal tribunals. This article interrogates this claim in the context of victim participation at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC), commonly referred to as the Khmer Rouge Tribunal. Based on interviews with Cambodian victims and Tribunal affiliates, it examines why and how the Tribunal permits victims to intervene as les parties civile, pulling together the normative and legal basis for this mode of victim participation. This article does not purport to generalize with confidence about Cambodian victims in general, let alone all victims of mass atrocity. Instead, it simply seeks to move beyond vague speculations that victim participation in international trials is always therapeutic, and suggest a new indigenized victimology that the Tribunal should explore as the long-awaited trials of the Khmer Rouge unfold. 2009-01-01T08:00:00Z text application/pdf https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/830 info:doi/10.1163/156753609X12507729201318 https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sol_research/article/1829/viewcontent/Paradox_Victim_Centrism_av.pdf http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Research Collection Yong Pung How School Of Law eng Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University KHMER ROUGE TRIBUNAL CAMBODIA VICTIMOLOGY INTERNATIONAL TRIBUNALS INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL LAW Asian Studies Dispute Resolution and Arbitration International Law |
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It has been claimed - though not proved - that victims will be benefited by participation in international criminal tribunals. This article interrogates this claim in the context of victim participation at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC), commonly referred to as the Khmer Rouge Tribunal. Based on interviews with Cambodian victims and Tribunal affiliates, it examines why and how the Tribunal permits victims to intervene as les parties civile, pulling together the normative and legal basis for this mode of victim participation. This article does not purport to generalize with confidence about Cambodian victims in general, let alone all victims of mass atrocity. Instead, it simply seeks to move beyond vague speculations that victim participation in international trials is always therapeutic, and suggest a new indigenized victimology that the Tribunal should explore as the long-awaited trials of the Khmer Rouge unfold. |
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