Karen Lønne Ring

Research

I am interested in international criminal justice, transitional justice and the politicisation of international criminal justice, courts, and tribunals.

My research focusses on procedural justice and procedural rules in international criminal law, specifically at the International Criminal Court.

My current project looks at the judicialization of victimhood at the ICC, by examining how the procedure for reviewing victim applications (and thus granting victims access to the Court) has evolved throughout the history of the ICC. I am investigating how and why certain victims are recognised as emblematic from a broader group of individuals affected by mass atrocities and the implications of this practice.

I am interested in questions such as:

• How has the role and conception of ‘the victim’ and their rights evolved in international criminal law?
• How are victims’ rights implemented in practice and how is ‘the victim’ legally constructed?
• What ideas and conceptions of victims and their role in proceedings are held by practitioners?
• How is ‘victimhood’ operationalised?