%0 Journal Article
%T Le vittime di genocidio e i dilemmi delle promesse di giustizia / Les victimes de g¨¦nocide et les dilemmes des promesses de la justice / Victims of genocide and dilemmas of justice promises
%A Policek Nicoletta
%J Rivista di Criminologia, Vittimologia e Sicurezza
%D 2012
%I Societ¨¤ Italiana di Vittimologia
%X Cet article propose une discussion sur certains aspects contribuant ¨¤ d¨¦finir la victime de g¨¦nocide, sugg¨¦rant une sorte d¡¯effritement des limites purement l¨¦gales, ¨¤ la faveur d¡¯une d¨¦finition de victime de g¨¦nocide qui inclut toutes les voix, ¨¤ la fois multiples et contrastantes, de ceux qui ont ¨¦t¨¦ t¨¦moins directs ou indirects du   crime des crimes  . La d¨¦finition de victime du point de vue des circonstances concr¨¨tes est, en effet, difficile, complexe et susceptible de controverses, surtout face ¨¤ un nombre ¨¦lev¨¦ de victimes. Il est donc d¡¯importance primordiale de cr¨¦er un droit subjectif de la victime ¨¤ l¡¯indemnisation, qui peut ¨ºtre demand¨¦e aussi bien au coupable qu¡¯¨¤ l¡¯¨¦tat. Des atrocit¨¦s commises ¨¤ grande ¨¦chelle, comme c¡¯est le cas du g¨¦nocide, peuvent ¨ºtre pr¨¦venues grace ¨¤ une responsabilisation constante et rigoureuse de la soci¨¦t¨¦ civile qui peut et doit ¨ºtre impliqu¨¦e parce qu¡¯elle est ¨¤ la fois victime et capable de mettre en place des programmes de pr¨¦vention et d¡¯¨¦ducation ¨¤ la non-violence. This paper suggests a discussion on some of the aspects which help forging a definition of victim of genocide, whilst proposing a sort of reshaping of purely legal limits, in favor of a definition that includes all the multiple and sometimes conflicting voices of those which are direct or indirect witnesses of the "crime of all crimes." The definition of victim of genocide is indeed difficult, complex and open to controversies, especially when we are dealing with a large number of casualties. Therefore, it is paramount to set up a legal framework where victims are entitled to both financial and moral compensation. Atrocities committed in large scale as in the case of genocide, can be prevented through constant and rigorous involvement of civil society which can, and should, be involved because society at large is a victim of genocide and because only civil society, as a whole, can set up and implement prevention and education programs based on notions on nonviolence.
%K victims of genocide
%K justice
%U http://www.vittimologia.it/rivista/articolo_policek_2012-03.pdf