Victim Healing and Truth Commissions: Transforming Pain by Holly L. Guthrey

​This e-book intends to give a contribution to the growing to be physique of transitional justice literature by means of supplying perception into how fact commissions might be precious to sufferers of mass violence, in accordance with facts accumulated in Timor-Leste and at the Solomon Islands. Drawing on literature within the fields of sufferer psychology, procedural justice, and transitional justice, this research is guided by way of the puzzle of why truth-telling in post-conflict settings has been came upon to be both precious and destructive to sufferers of mass violence. latest experiences have pointed out a number of optimistic merits and unfavorable outcomes of truth-telling for sufferers; even if, the explanations why a few sufferers adventure a feeling of therapeutic whereas others don't after partaking in post-conflict fact fee procedures maintains to stay uncertain. as a result, to deal with one piece of this advanced puzzle, this booklet seeks to start clarifying how truth-telling could be precious for sufferers by way of investigating the query: What pathways lead from truth-telling to sufferer therapeutic in post-conflict settings? construction at the proposition that having voice—a key section of procedural justice—can aid participants to beat the disempowerment and marginalisation of victimisation, this booklet investigates voice­ as a  causal mechanism that may create pathways towards therapeutic inside of fact fee public hearings.   Comparative, empirical stories that examine how truth-telling contributes to sufferer therapeutic in post-conflict settings are scarce within the box of transitional justice. This publication starts off to fill an incredible hole within the latest physique of literature. From a pragmatic point of view, via improving figuring out of the way fact commissions can advertise therapeutic, the findings and arguments during this volume provide perception into how the layout of transitional justice tactics might be stronger sooner or later to higher reply to the desires of sufferers of mass violence.