Victims' rights and distributive justice: in search of actors

The aim of this article is to discuss the role that victim groups and organizations may have in framing and supporting an accountability agenda, as well as their potential for endorsing a distributive justice agenda. The article explores two empirical cases where victims' rights have been intro...

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Main Author: García-Godos, Jemima 1966- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2013
In: Human rights review
Year: 2013, Volume: 14, Issue: 3, Pages: 241-255
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Keywords:
Victims' rights
Victim organisations
Distributive Justice
Victim reparations
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Summary:The aim of this article is to discuss the role that victim groups and organizations may have in framing and supporting an accountability agenda, as well as their potential for endorsing a distributive justice agenda. The article explores two empirical cases where victims' rights have been introduced and applied by victim organizations to promote accountability—Colombia and Peru. It will be argued that if transitional justice in general and victim reparations in particular are to embark in a quest for distributive justice, it cannot do so without considering victims as political actors, and putting forward demands in terms of victims’ rights.
Item Description:Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 254-255
ISSN:1874-6306
DOI:10.1007/s12142-013-0272-4