Abstract

Globalization has brought with it not only new types of victimization, it has also introduced new, international criminal law and international criminal justice institutions such as the permanent International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, the Netherlands. A unique characteristic of the ICC is its recognition of victims’ rights through victim participation and reparation. These rights are inspired in part by international instruments, such as the 1985 UN Declaration of Basic Principles of Justice for Victims of Crime and Abuse of Power. However, the UN Declaration is largely based on the needs of victims of conventional crime. In contrast to conventional criminal courts, the ICC deals with mass victimizations such as genocide

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