Contents
Introduction 1
Context and background
2
(Re)conceptualising national healing as a transitional-justice process
4
Women-centred national healing and transitional justice
5
The need for the rule of law to support national healing
7
Security and safety needs
8
Economic and livelihood needs
9
Political needs
10
Retributive versus restorative justice
11
Psychosocial needs
14
Emotional needs
15
The need to know the fate of the disappeared and to see human remains
16
The need for transformation and education in the security sector
18
Conclusion 19
References 20
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