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This volume interrogates global perspectives and issues that constitute and characterize survivor-centred justice, exploring both conceptual and theoretical issues surrounding the definition of a 'survivor', practical considerations of what constitutes a survivor-centred approach to justice.
List of contents
Introduction
Part I: The International Criminal Court1 Justice for Survivors at the ICC? Assessing the Impact of Victim Participation
2 The International Criminal Court's Reparations Framework: An Access Point to Justice for Survivors of Mass Atrocities?
3 Concretising a Legal Definition of a 'Survivor' and Spearheading a Survivor-Centred Approach at the International Criminal Court
Part II: Informal and Traditional/Customary Justice Mechanisms4 An Assessment of the Viability of Incorporating Healing Ceremonies into Local Transitional Justice Initiatives for Addressing Violence Associated with mass Atrocity in Africa
5 Local Justice in Darfur: A Necessary and Effective Component in Survivor-Centred Justice?
Part III: Advocacy6 Survivor Inclusion in Transitional Justice: Towards Meaningful Justice for Survivors
7 UN Women: Paving the Way towards a Survivor-Centred Approach to Justice
8 The Survivor-Centred Justice Dimensions of the African Union Transitional Justice Policy: Assessing South Africa's Transition
Part IV: Future Prospects for Survivors9 Male Survivors of Violence and Truth Telling Processes: A Quest for Justice in MT Elgon, Kenya
10 Disruptive Technology: An Enabler to Support the Rehabilitation of Survivors in Post Conflict Societies
Conclusion
About the author
Ingrid Roestenburg-Morgan is a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Justice and Reconciliation (IJR). She is both a legal practitioner and scholar and is specialized in international human rights, international criminal law and transitional justice. She has previously held positions at the International Criminal Court (ICC), United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (UN-ICTY) and ActionAid International (AAI).
Tim Murithi heads the Justice and Peacebuilding Program at the Institute for Justice and Reconciliation in Cape Town, South Africa. He is also Extraordinary Professor of African Studies, at the Centre for African Studies, University of Free State, South Africa.
Summary
This volume interrogates global perspectives and issues that constitute and characterize survivor-centred justice, exploring both conceptual and theoretical issues surrounding the definition of a ‘survivor’, practical considerations of what constitutes a survivor-centred approach to justice.
