The Challenges of Victim`s Rights in the International Criminal Court

Nowadays, the situation of the international society is in a way that we face a wide range of inhuman activities in different parts of the world, and some of them as an “international crime” affect people called “victim”. However, the International Criminal Court has attempted in the same way in line with international society for maintaining and providing victim`s rights. Operation of the court from beginning and during these years reflects the challenges of this organization in vindicating the victim`s rights. Therefore, this article while meeting substantive and procedural rights of victims, points out the challenges and ambiguities of these rights. Considering the operation of International Criminal Court in proceeding of the situation in Democratic Republic of Congo shows that victims in the process of adjudicating the rights assigned for them by the Statute have met serious challenges, and it resulted in interferences of trials specifically the trial chamber and appeal chamber in the case mentioned above. Taking advantage from international documents particularly the Declaration of 1985 and the Principles of 2005 in related matters can be effective in solving these challenges.