Handout 15.1
Selected books, reports and websites
regarding victims of crime and human rights violations
A. Victims of crime
1. Books
l BURNSIDE, Jonathan and BAKER, Nicola (eds.), Relational Justice: Repairing the Breach, Winchester: Waterside Press, 1994, 186 pp.
l STEWART, Susan, Conflict Resolution: A Foundation Guide, Winchester: Waterside Press, 1998, vi, 192 pp.
l WRIGHT, Martin, Justice for Victims and Offenders: A Restorative Response to Crime, Winchester: Waterside Press, 2nd ed., 1996, viii, 223 pp.
B. Victims of human rights violations
1. Books
l HARPER, Charles (ed.), Impunity: An Ethical Perspective, Six Case Studies from Latin America, Geneva: WCC Publications, 1996, xviii, 142 pp.
l Impunity, Crimes against Humanity and Forced Disappearance: The Review, International Commission of Jurists, No. 62–63, 1978 June 2001, 178 pp.
l Justice, Not Impunity, International Meeting on Impunity of Perpetrators of Gross Human Rights Violations, organized by the Commission nationale consultative des droits de l’homme and the International Commission of Jurists, held under the auspices of the United Nations in Geneva 1992, Geneva, International Commission of Jurists, 1993, 359 pp.
l TUTU, Desmond, No Future Without Forgiveness, London: Random House, 2000, 244 pp.
2. Reports
l “The right to a remedy and reparation for victims of violations of international human rights and humanitarian law: Note by the High Commissioner for Human Rights”
(E/CN.2/2005/59).
l “Report of the independent expert, Diane Orentlicher, to update the Set of principles to combat impunity” (E/CN.4/2005/102).
l “Report of the independent expert, Diane Orentlicher, to update the Set of principles to combat impunity: Updated Set of principles for the protection and promotion of human rights through action to combat impunity” (E/CN.4/2005/102/Add.1).
3. Websites
l The International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims (ICRT): www.irct.com.
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