Bücher der Reihe Beiträge zum Internationalen und Europäischen Strafrecht

»The Human Right to Reparations. Theoretical Considerations and Practical Implementation at the International Criminal Court«: Victims of international crimes rightly demand reparations for the most severe physical and psychological suffering inflicted upon them. This interdisciplinary study demonstrates that this claim by victims for reparations is grounded in human rights. At the same time, the practice of reparations at the Trust Fund for Victims of the International Criminal Court (ICC) is critically examined. In the process, numerous deficits in the operationalization of the human right to reparations at the ICC are revealed.

Due to the rise of organized crime and the rapid development of surveillance technologies, such technologies are increasingly used for the purpose of criminal investigation. However, the proliferation of such highly intrusive measures can jeopardize the individual right to privacy and the constitutionally protected secrecy of private telecommunication. It is therefore necessary to devise a legal framework that balances the need for efficient law enforcement with individuals' privacy rights. In this study, the author discusses the laws on covert surveillance as an investigative measure in the criminal process of the United States, Germany, and the P.R. China from theoretical and empirical perspectives. The author then provides a horizontal comparison of the three legal systems, with the aim of identifying solutions that achieve a proper balance between the protection of the right to privacy and the effective combat of crime.

»Shame Sanctions - (il)legitimate form of punishment? Overview and Analysis«: The thesis deals with the question of the legitimacy of shame sanctions, a form of sanctions that has been imposed in the USA since the 1980s. The thesis assumes an intuitive rejection of shame sanctions. The author elaborates potential reasons for the emergence of shame sanctions, analyzes the current constitutional and penal theoretical discussion, and, on this basis, presents her own justification for the intuitive rejection

»Distant Justice? Challenges in The National Prosecution of International Crimes«: What challenges does the decentral enforcement of international criminal law pose for national justice systems and how can these be overcome? The anthology »Distant Justice?« brings together scholars from various disciplines and representatives from all areas of judicial practice in order to discuss the particularities of national core crimes proceedings and to lay the foundation for an empirically and scientifically sound further development of national international criminal procedure law.