Towards Victim-Centred Transitional Justice: Understanding the Needs of Families of the Disappeared in Postconflict Nepal
Towards Victim-Centred Transitional Justice: Understanding the Needs of Families of the Disappeared in Postconflict Nepal
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迈向以受害者为中心的过渡司法：了解冲突后尼泊尔失踪者家庭的需求
DOI：
10.1093/ijtj/ijq027
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发表时间：
2011
影响因子：
1.6
通讯作者：
Simon Robins
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作者：
Simon Robins
摘要 1 尽管许多过渡时期司法进程声称“以受害者为中心”，但实际上它们很少受到受冲突影响最严重者的需求驱动。事实上，在许多情况下，推动转型的人并没有征求受害者的意见。本文研究了在尼泊尔长达十年的毛派叛乱期间失踪的 160 个家庭的代表性样本的需求，以了解这些家庭从过渡司法进程中寻求什么。研究表明，受害者强调需要了解失踪者的真相，并需要经济支持来帮助满足基本需求。虽然失踪者家属欢迎伸张正义，但这不是他们的首要任务。尼泊尔的过渡时期司法进程仍然胎死腹中，讨论在优先考虑起诉的人权界和寻求避免起诉的政治阶层之间呈现两极分化。了解受害者对此过程的期望可能会打破这一僵局，并使政策能够由受影响最严重的人的需求来驱动。
Abstract 1 Despite many transitional justice processes claiming to be ‘victim-centred,’ in practice they are rarely driven by the needs of those most affected by conflict. Indeed, in many contexts the views of victims are not sought by those driving the transition. In this article, the needs of a representative sample of 160 families of people disappeared during Nepal’s decade-long Maoist insurgency are studied in an effort to understand what such families seek from the transitional justice process. The study shows that victims emphasize the need for the truth about the disappeared and for economic support to help meet basic needs. Whilst families of the disappeared would welcome justice, this is not their priority. Nepal’s transitional justice process remains still-born and discussions are polarized between a human rights community that prioritizes prosecutions and a political class that seeks to avoid them. An understanding of victims’ expectations of the process can potentially break this deadlock and allow policies to be driven by the needs of those most affected.