CONCEPTUAL DEFINITION OF VICTIM AND THE RELATIONSHIP OF INTERNATIONAL LAW TO VICTIMS

Miro Katić, Ph.D Ph.D, Assistent Professor /HEADQUARTERS FOR FIGHT AGAINST TERRORISM AND EXTREMISM, Ministry of Internal Affairs of RS, Banja Luka, University PIM, Faculty of Law, Banja Luka

Abstract
The victim is not interested in the theory of criminal law. The examination of the reasons should begin with a functional analysis of the aims of criminal law. The remark that victimology was conceived as a criminological category, which in one sense leads to the conclusion that the position of the victim is necessarily measured by the goals of criminal law in terms of special and general prevention, narrows the interest of classical criminal law theory to the victim. In this scientific paper, the author talks about the concept of victim, both from the criminal and criminal law aspect, as well as from the linguistic one. Emphasis was also placed on the types of victims, as well as the notion of the same in domestic and comparative law, with special reference to
International law.

Key words: victim, law, help, support, convention, rehabilitation