Victim Advocacy before the International Criminal Court

Elizabeth King is a public law and human rights barrister based in Melbourne, Australia. She is a member of the List of Counsel of the International Criminal Court and is a doctoral candidate in International Humanitarian Law with the Castan Centre, Monash University. Elizabeth currently teaches in Human Rights Theory and Trial Practice and Advocacy, and is an accredited advocacy instructor with the Australian Advocacy Institute.

Prof. Rianne Letschert is a Dutch law scholar. Since September 2016 she has been rector of Maastricht University, Netherlands. Previously Letschert was professor of victimology and international law at Tilburg University. Apart from her position as professor she served as director of the International Victimology Institute Tilburg (INTERVICT).

Prof. Sam Garkawe is a Professor of Law at OP Jindal Global University, India, where he teaches a course on ‘Crime Victims in National and International Justice: Protection, Participation and Reparation’. He is also an Adjunct Associate Professor at the School of Law and Justice at Southern Cross University, NSW, Australia. He has published widely in the field of victimology, concentrating on issues concerning the role of victims in both national and international justice.

Erin Pobjie is an Australian international law scholar and Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Law at the University of Essex. She is a member of the International Law Association’s Committee on the Use of Force: Military Assistance on Request, and co-convener of the European Society of International Law’s Interest Group on Peace and Security. Previously she was a Senior Research Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, and was a visiting scholar at the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law at the University of Cambridge and a visiting professional at the International Criminal Court’s Victims Participation and Reparations Section.