Transforming Justice: An All-Island Examination of Justice Responses to Historical Institutional Abuse

转变司法：全岛对历史制度滥用司法反应的审查

• 批准号: AH/W011077/1
• 负责人: Anne-Marie McAlinden
• 金额: $ 30.89万
• 依托单位: Queen's University Belfast
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Fellowship
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2022 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=AH%2FW011077%2F1
• 关键词: Transforming; Justice; Island; Examination; Responses

CONTEXTHistorical institutional abuses (HIA) of women and children in state and church-run institutions have come to light internationally. The island of Ireland (North and South) has had a recent concentration of commissions of investigation/public inquiries on HIA, some ongoing. Many of these responses have been criticised by victims/survivors, including for inadequate follow-through, for failing to bring justice or healing or hold responsible individuals and the state to account. This is an important moment to reflect on justice responses to HIA across the island of Ireland and how they compare to efforts internationally. A key part of the originality of the proposal lies in the holistic, thematic analysis across a range of justice responses on an all-Island, transdisciplinary and empirical basis. The new research network will bring together leading researchers from complementary fields - law, criminology, sociology, social policy, social work, restorative justice, transitional justice and human rights. The research critically examines justice approaches, including public inquiries or commissions of investigation, civil cases, prosecutions and apologies. The main hypothesis is that a complex range of factors have impeded just responses to HIA and blurred lines of accountability at state, organisational and individual levels. AIMUsing the island of Ireland (Northern Ireland (NI) and the Republic of Ireland (ROI)) as a case-study, the project seeks to:1. capture the learning from those central to justice processes surrounding HIA and the experiences of other countries over the last two decades in order to enhance experiences and outcomes for victims.2. enhance my research capabilities and intellectual leadership via developing a new research network and a new transdisciplinary justice paradigm, supporting the development of more early career researchers, and furthering public engagement with a wider range of stakeholders.OBJECTIVES1. To explore a range of themes concerning justice responses to HIA including: historical and cultural contexts; the Church-State relationship; legal and ideological barriers to justice; the complexities and dynamics of HIA; the multifarious needs of victims; and the possibilities of transformative justice.2. To conduct a multi-strand research methodology involving: (i) an extensive transdisciplinary analysis of academic and policy literature; (ii) comparative documentary analysis of a sample of public inquiries/commissions of investigation and apologies globally; and (iii) semi-structured interviews with victims/survivors and their advocates and elite-level stakeholders.3. To develop a new evidenced-based transdisciplinary justice paradigm, drawing on the theoretical literature on restorative and transitional justice, approaches in other countries and new primary research.4. To broaden public engagement with stakeholders in other jurisdictions (in ROI and internationally) by disseminating the findings and high-quality academic and policy outputs through a project website, a range of stakeholder and public engagement activities, and presentations at national and international conferences.POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS AND BENEFITSThe empirical focus on the Island of Ireland will be fully contextualised internationally. Thus, the research will be of relevance to other jurisdictions grappling with the legacy of HIA currently and in the future. This research on one of the most significant societal problems of our times will provide a guiding standard to enhance official and public understanding of redress experiences across Ireland and elsewhere, thereby improving accountability and experiences and outcomes for victims. In particular, one of the policy outputs will be a 'blue print' for what victims want from justice processes which will be of direct relevance to policy makers and advocacy groups involved in designing or campaigning for redress for HIA.

在国家和教会管理的机构中对妇女和儿童的历史性机构虐待在国际上已经曝光。爱尔兰岛（北部和南部）最近集中了关于HIA的调查/公众调查委员会，有些正在进行中。其中许多反应受到受害者/幸存者的批评，包括后续行动不足，未能伸张正义或治愈或追究责任人和国家的责任。这是一个重要的时刻，反思整个爱尔兰岛对HIA的司法反应，以及它们与国际努力的比较。该提案独创性的一个关键部分在于在全岛、跨学科和经验基础上对一系列司法对策进行全面的专题分析。新的研究网络将汇集互补领域的主要研究人员-法律、犯罪学、社会学、社会政策、社会工作、恢复性司法、过渡时期司法和人权。该研究批判性地审查了司法方法，包括公共调查或调查委员会、民事案件、起诉和道歉。主要的假设是，一系列复杂的因素阻碍了对HIA的公正反应，模糊了国家、组织和个人层面的责任界限。本项目以爱尔兰岛（北方爱尔兰和爱尔兰共和国）为案例研究，力求：1.收集过去20年来从围绕人道主义影响评估的司法程序的核心人员那里学到的知识和其他国家的经验，以便为受害者提供更多的经验和成果。通过开发一个新的研究网络和一个新的跨学科的正义范式，支持更多的早期职业研究人员的发展，并进一步与更广泛的知识产权持有人的公众参与，提高我的研究能力和智力领导。探讨一系列关于对HIA的司法反应的主题，包括：历史和文化背景;教会与国家的关系;司法的法律的和意识形态障碍; HIA的复杂性和动态;受害者的多种需求;以及变革性司法的可能性。开展多方面的研究方法，包括：㈠对学术和政策文献进行广泛的跨学科分析; ㈡对全球范围内的公共询问/调查委员会和道歉样本进行比较性文件分析; ㈢对受害者/幸存者及其倡导者和精英级的辩护人进行半结构化访谈。借鉴恢复性司法和过渡性司法的理论文献、其他国家的做法和新的初步研究，发展一种新的基于证据的跨学科司法范式.通过项目网站、一系列利益相关者和公众参与活动以及在国家和国际会议上的演讲，传播研究结果和高质量的学术和政策产出，扩大与其他司法管辖区（ROI和国际）利益相关者的公众参与。潜在应用和好处爱尔兰岛的经验重点将在国际上充分体现。因此，这项研究将是相关的其他司法管辖区与遗产的HIA目前和未来的斗争。这项关于我们时代最重要的社会问题之一的研究将提供一个指导标准，以加强官方和公众对爱尔兰和其他地方补救经验的了解，从而改善问责制和受害者的经验和成果。特别是，政策产出之一将是受害者希望从司法程序中得到什么的“蓝图”，这将直接关系到参与设计或宣传对有害影响的补救措施的决策者和倡导团体。