Practices of Reparations in International Criminal Justice

Erscheinungsjahr 2023
ISBN: 978-1-009-16646-1
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 389 Seiten, Format (B × H): 211 mm x 272 mm, Gewicht: 278 g

Reihe: Cambridge Studies in Law and Society

Combining interdisciplinary techniques with original ethnographic fieldwork, Christoph Sperfeldt examines the first attempts of international criminal courts to provide reparations to victims of mass atrocities. The observations focus on two case studies: the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, where Sperfeldt spent over ten years working at and around, and the International Criminal Court's interventions in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Enriched with first-hand observations and an awareness of contextual dynamics, this book directs attention to the 'social life of reparations' that too often get lost in formal accounts of law and its institutions. Sperfeldt shows that reparations are constituted and contested through a range of practices that produce, change, and give meaning to reparations. Appreciating the nature and effects of these practices provides us with a deeper understanding of the discrepancies that exist between the reparations ideal and how it functions imperfectly in different contexts.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sperfeldt, Christoph

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtssoziologie, Rechtspsychologie, Rechtslinguistik
• Rechtswissenschaften Strafrecht Kriminologie, Strafverfolgung
• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationale Menschen- und Minderheitenrechte, Kinderrechte
• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationales Strafrecht, Internationales Verfahrensrecht

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction; Background to the two case studies; Part I. Norm-Making: 1. Punishment and redress in international criminal justice; 2. Negotiating; Part II. Engaging Survivors: 3. Targeting, participating and representing; 4. Communicating and consulting; 5. Assisting; Part III. Adjudicating: 6. Adjudicating at the ICC; 7. Adjudicating at the ECCC; Part IV. Implementing: 8. Projectifying; 9. Receiving and contesting; Conclusion; Bibliography.

Über Autor(innen)

Sperfeldt, Christoph
Christoph Sperfeldt is Senior Lecturer at Macquarie University. He is also Fellow at the Center for Human Rights and International Justice at Stanford University, Honorary Fellow at the Peter McMullin Centre on Statelessness, and Adjunct Professor at the Center for the Study of Humanitarian Law at the Royal University of Law and Economics in Cambodia. He was previously Deputy Director at the Asian International Justice Initiative, where he supported human rights, transitional justice and rule of law programs in Southeast Asia. Prior to this, he was Senior Advisor with the German development cooperation (GIZ) in Cambodia.