Reparations and Victim Support in the International Criminal Court

Conor McCarthy is a visiting fellow at the British Institute of International and Comparative Law. He is called to the bar of England and Wales and has previously worked at a number of international courts and tribunals including the International Criminal Court and the European Court of Human Rights.

• 1. Introduction; 2. The wider legal framework of victim redress; 3. Victim redress and international criminal justice: an overview; 4. The concepts of reparations and victim support under the Rome Statute; 5. The concept of harm under the Rome Statute; 6. Reparations principles; 7. Proceedings and court orders relevant to reparations; 8. The provision of reparations and victim support through the Trust Fund; 9. Victim redress and the Rome Statute's cooperation and enforcement regimes: possibilities and limitations; 10. Conclusions.

'… a thorough and accurate guide on the Rome Statute's redress scheme which will be valuable to both scholars and practitioners alike. The contextual reading of this redress regime, coupled with a deep knowledge of the international legal framework on the right to remedy and reparation, renders this study an original contribution to a developing topic.' Valentina Spiga, Journal of International Criminal Justice