Doctoral Dissertation Research: Pricing Suffering in Compensation for Human Rights Violations

在过去20年里，世界各地采取了过渡时期司法措施，以解决国内冲突后侵犯人权行为受害者的痛苦。经济赔偿是过渡时期司法所提供的一系列选择之一，以承认大规模暴力受害者的痛苦。然而，在国家层面上，薪酬计划的实施形式却不尽相同。在各个国家，我们发现痛苦的补偿可能涉及不同的货币价值、理由和制度实践，这就留下了一个悬而未决的问题：各国如何为国内冲突造成的痛苦确定具体的货币价值？本论文项目将通过关注为解决与侵犯人权有关的痛苦而创建的两个当代赔偿计划的例子来回答这个问题。研究计划包括对报纸报道、官方文件和法律文件的文本分析。此外，CO-PI将与专家、州政府官员和受害者维权人士进行30次半结构化访谈。通过考虑国家如何从金钱上评价苦难，本项目谈到了当前世界范围内关于和平与冲突后谈判的辩论，以及有关受害者赔偿与和解的相应论述。

In the last 20 years, transitional justice measures have been adopted around the world to address the suffering of victims of human rights violations after civil conflict. Economic compensation is one within a range of options available under transitional justice to acknowledge the suffering of victims of massive violence. However, the implementation of compensation plans takes different forms at the national level. Across countries, we find that the compensation of suffering can involve different monetary values, justifications, and institutional practices, leaving open the question of how states arrive at specific monetary values for suffering caused by civil conflict? This dissertation project will answer this question by focusing on two contemporary examples of compensation schemes created to address suffering related to human rights violations. The research plan involves textual analysis of newspaper reports, official documents, and legal documents. In addition, CO-PI will conduct 30 semi-structured interviews with experts, state officials, and victim advocates. By considering how states monetarily value suffering, this project speaks to current worldwide debates on peace and post-conflict negotiations, and the corresponding discourses on victim reparation and reconciliation.