(Tribune) Victims in the Bench of the Accused, the Victim's Place in the Criminal Trial. By Mathilda Paradis, Jurist.

Long relegated to the background, the victim still struggles today to find his place in the criminal trial. Between humiliation, invisibilization, reprimand and secondary victimization, the judicial institutions struggle to reconcile respect for the fair trial with full recognition of the status of victim. "Everyone has the right to have his or her case heard fairly, publicly and within a reasonable time, by an independent and impartial tribunal…