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SUPPORTING VICTIMS OF CRIME AT THE INTERNATIONAL LEVEL
By Sam Garkawe
Date: 15 Jan 2004 (Thurs)
Time: 1pm-3pm
Venue: Lee Sheridan Conference Room (3rd floor, Law Faculty)
Abstract
It is commonly acknowledged that in many systems of justice around the world
the experiences of victims of crime are generally poor. There has been a
significant attempt at the international level to improve their treatment,
role and rights in both domestic and international criminal justice. This
talk will examine the role of the World Society of Victimology and its UN
Liaison Committee (which the speaker has recently joined) in supporting a
better deal for victims. Some reference will also be made to the many
advances for victims found in the Statute and the Rules of Evidence and
Procedure of the International Criminal Court.
About the Speaker
SAM GARKAWE
Associate Professor
School of Law and Justice, Southern Cross University.
Email:
sgarkawe@popstaff.scu.edu.au
SAM GARKAWE is an Associate Professor at the School of Law and
Justice at Southern Cross University, NSW. Sam completed his Law Degree at
Monash University, Melbourne and holds a Masters of Law from London
University, and is also admitted as an Attorney-at-Law in California. He is
currently enrolled in an SJD degree at Sydney University, where his thesis
concerns the provision of government-funded financial compensation to
victims of gross violations of human rights. His research interests are in
the fields of international criminal justice, victimology, human rights,
restorative justice, legal education, multiculturalism and the law, and
international law. He has published widely in these areas. He presently
teaches human rights, international law, victimology, Australian legal
system and international criminal justice at Southern Cross University. He
is a founding editor of the Australian Journal of Human Rights and has been
a guest editor of the Journal of the Australasian Society of Victimology.
Between February and May 2001 Sam was a Research Fellow at the Institute Of
Human Rights And Criminal Justice Studies, at Technikon SA, Florida,
Johannesburg, South Africa, where Sam conducted research into the South
African Truth and Reconciliation Commission. In June/July 2001 Sam was a
Visiting Professor at Hamline University School Of Law, Minneapolis/St.
Paul, Minnesota, USA, where he taught 'International Criminal Justice' in
their summer school.
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