Akhavan, Payam, Hamilton, Rebecca J. and Mulvey, Antonia (2024) What kind of court is this?” Perceptions of international justice among Rohingya refugees. Human Rights Quarterly, 46 (2). 173 - 206. ISSN 0275-0392
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In the context of mass atrocities, the legitimacy of institutions for international justice—such as the International Criminal Court and International Court of Justice—is based on the assumption that they vindicate demands for accountability by the survivors of horrific human rights violations. Yet, notwithstanding advances in victim representation at these Hague-based courts, victim-centered justice remains elusive. This article contributes to centering the voices of survivors in their specific cultural contexts, against the backdrop of existing efforts that too often render invisible their perspectives. Through semi-structured interviews, conducted in late 2022, with 444 Rohingya survivors of genocide who have fled Myanmar to refugee camps in neighboring Bangladesh, we attempt to convey the priorities of these survivors situated within their cultural understanding of justice. We contextualize the empirical data gathered from the survey within Rohingyas’ lived experiences of persecution in Myanmar, their cultural framings of communal justice, and their current reality of prolonged displacement in refugee camps in Bangladesh. The article concludes by describing the implications of this survey’s findings on future engagement of the Rohingya in international justice processes, and a wider reflection on how grassroots perspectives can and should shape the global justice discourse.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Official URL: | https://muse.jhu.edu/journal/77 |
| Additional Information: | © 2024 by Johns Hopkins University Press |
| Divisions: | IGA: Centre for Women Peace and Security |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology K Law > KZ Law of Nations |
| Date Deposited: | 03 Jun 2024 15:48 |
| Last Modified: | 13 Nov 2024 00:18 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/123737 |
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