Der Markt der Leiden, das Menschenrecht auf Entschädigung und die Kategorie des Opfers
Ein Problemaufriss
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4548568 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Svenja Goltermann (Universität Zürich, Forschungsstelle für Sozial- und Wirtschaftsgeschichte Rämistrasse 64, CH-8001 Zürich Schweiz, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 70-92 |
| Publication date | 2015-04-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Historische Anthropologie (BOOK_SERIES) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0942-8704 • E-ISSN: 2194-4032 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.7788/ha-2015-0106 |
| OpenAlex | W2330096149 |
| Language | DE |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 4 |
Individuals, whose human rights have been violated, should be able to claim compensation. Today, this interpretation of international law has become established in a variety of countries. Some even advocate an explicit human right to compensation. The paper addresses this issue by analyzing the category of the victim. Demands for a human right to compensation tend to imply the possibility of a clear distinction between who is to be recognized as a victim and who is not. The historical analysis reveals, however, two things: first, it is highly problematic to project contemporary ideas concerning victims (of violence) onto the past. Secondly, since the 1980s the psychiatric diagnosis of"Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder" (PTSD) has contributed to a universalized and medicalized modern and western conception of the victim of something or someone. As debates in South Africa show, this concept of the victim homogenizes all sorts of different experiences of violence and turns those who experience violence into passive victims. Even though this categorization often differs from the self-perception of the person concerned, it is a necessary requirement for promising compensation claims. Furthermore, the foundational recourse to a"trauma" that locates the causes of various forms of suffering exclusively in the past runs the risk of not only individualizing but also eventually depoliticizing suffering
Global Peace and Security Dynamics · Torture, Ethics, and Law
| Citations per year | 0.11 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2017 - 2017 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |