Victims’ Rights in Flux: Criminal Justice Reform in Colombia

Astrid Liliana Sánchez-Mejía

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-59852-9

Victims’ Rights in Flux: Criminal Justice Reform in Colombia

Astrid Liliana Sánchez-Mejía

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Abstract

Explores how the adoption of adversarial systems in Latin America has affected victims’ rights by specifically analyzing the Colombian criminal justice reform

Sheds vital new light on the understanding of victims’ rights in criminal proceedings

Provides a unique treatment for readers interested in victims’ rights in the criminal process, employing a range of theoretical traditions and tools

Presents an innovative, empirical assessment of the rights of crime victims following the adversarial criminal justice reform in Colombia

Original language	English
Publisher	Springer
Number of pages	265
ISBN (Electronic)	9783319598529
ISBN (Print)	9783319598512
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-59852-9
State	Published - 2017

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Name	Ius Gentium: Comparative Perspectives on Law and Justice
Publisher	Springer
ISSN (Print)	1534-6781
ISSN (Electronic)	2214-9902

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SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

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