Abstract
The establishment of the International Criminal Court supposes a landmark advancement in the field of victims’ rights, expanding its framework in three main areas: protection, participation and reparation. The Court is the first permanent international criminal tribunal to recognise the criminal responsibility of individuals regardless of their rank or status. More importantly, the Court brings together the civil law and common law traditions in a harmonisation attempt never before achieved. In this process, victims stand, for the first time in the story of international criminal law, not only as vulnerable victims that have to be protected, but as individuals and communities with a voice empowered by their active participation in the proceedings. Victims are furthermore strengthened by the award of reparations that go beyond the mere monetary compensation and the strict limits of the direct causal relationship with a conviction sentence. This paper will focus in the Court’s reparations scheme, the challenges it encounters and the possible avenues of redress for victims in the future.
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