Whose Voices? Understanding Victims' Needs in Transition

Nepali Voices: Perceptions of Truth, Justice, Reconciliation, Reparations and the Transition in Nepal * By the International Centre for Transitional Justice and the Advocacy Forum, March 2008

Bibliographic Data

ID12930217
AuthorsSimon Robin (0000-0002-6445-2159, University of York, corresponding author)
Year2009
Volume1
Issue2
Pages320-331
Publication date2009-05-28
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Human Rights Practice (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1757-9619 • E-ISSN: 1757-9627
PublisherOxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1093/jhuman/hup006
OpenAlexW2109514447
LanguageEN
Citations received10
References cited4

Understanding what affected populations seek from transitional justice is a crucial step in creating a transitional process that is responsive to the needs of victims and others. A consensus exists that the local context and communities must be considered by transitional justice processes (United Nations Secretary General, 2004) to achieve ‘evidence-based transitional justice’ (Pham and Vinck, 2007), and this has led to the use of empirical methods in transitional justice. However, most transitional processes remain led by elites with little effort made to consider the views of those most affected by the events of the transition and the violence that preceded it (Lundy and McGovern, 2008). The International Centre for Transitional Justice (ICTJ) has led efforts to encourage consultation with populations, and has commissioned such research, often with the collaboration of both local partners and professional researchers, in a number of contexts, including Uganda (Human Rights

Context (archaeology · Criminology · Economic Justice · Geography · Human rights · Nepali · Perception · Political science · Sociology · Transition (genetics · Transitional justice · Cambodian History and Society · Gender, Security, and Conflict · Peacebuilding and International Security · Psychology · Law