1st Edition
Survivor-Centred Justice Global Perspectives and Issues
Introduction – Ingrid Roestenburg-Morgan
Part I: The International Criminal Court
1 Justice for Survivors at the ICC? Assessing the Impact of Victim Participation – Mariana Pena
2 The International Criminal Court’s Reparations Framework: An Access Point to Justice for Survivors of Mass Atrocities? – Monica Ingber
3 Concretising a Legal Definition of a ‘Survivor’ and Spearheading a Survivor-Centred Approach at the International Criminal Court – Ingrid Roestenburg-Morgan
Part II: Informal and Traditional/Customary Justice Mechanisms
4 An Assessment of the Viability of Incorporating Healing Ceremonies into Local Transitional Justice Initiatives for Addressing Violence Associated with mass Atrocity in Africa – Dr Michael R. Odhiambo
5 Local Justice in Darfur: A Necessary and Effective Component in Survivor-Centred Justice? – Mohammed Elgizoly Adam
Part III: Advocacy
6 Survivor Inclusion in Transitional Justice: Towards Meaningful Justice for Survivors – Camila Fernandes Thomaz and Malini Laxminarayan
7 UN Women: Paving the Way towards a Survivor-Centred Approach to Justice – Emily Kenney and Rozafa Kelmendi
8 The Survivor-Centred Justice Dimensions of the African Union Transitional Justice Policy: Assessing South Africa’s Transition – Tim Murithi
Part IV: Future Prospects for Survivors
9 Male Survivors of Violence and Truth Telling Processes: A Quest for Justice in MT Elgon, Kenya – Elias O. Opongo
10 Disruptive Technology: An Enabler to Support the Rehabilitation of Survivors in Post Conflict Societies – Kuben David and Anusharani Sewchurran
Conclusion
Biography
Ingrid Roestenburg-Morgan is a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Justice and Reconciliation (IJR). She is both a legal practitioner and scholar and is specialized in international human rights, international criminal law and transitional justice. She has previously held positions at the International Criminal Court (ICC), United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (UN-ICTY) and ActionAid International (AAI).
Tim Murithi heads the Justice and Peacebuilding Program at the Institute for Justice and Reconciliation in Cape Town, South Africa. He is also Extraordinary Professor of African Studies, at the Centre for African Studies, University of Free State, South Africa.
