Victim Leadership and Mobilization in Turkey and Tunisia

About this episode

This episode discusses the role of victims in driving transitional justice efforts in Turkey and Tunisia, featuring insights from experts on women's experiences in conflict.

We kick off this new season of the Justice Visions podcast with a set of conversations that we initiated during the recent Justice Visions Conference, exploring victim participation, mobilization, and resistance within the realm of transitional justice. In this first episode of these miniseries, we shed light on victims driving transitional justice efforts in Turkey and Tunisia. Our guests, Dr. Sélima Kebaili and Dr. Güneş Daşlı , both focus in their research on women survivors in contexts of conflict. Sélima, a senior lecturer at the University of Geneva, touches on the marginalization of female survivors in the Tunisian Truth and Dignity Commission and how survivors sought to overcome this. Güneş, a research fellow at Loughborough University, speaks of the mobilization of members of the Saturday Mothers who seek justice for enforced disappearances and crimes committed by Turkish state forces and paramilitaries. Both scholars unpack the nuances of labels such as “leaders” and “victims”. Sélima explains that while “victim leadership” might make sense in terms of underlining the important role victims play in driving transitional justice efforts, we have to be mindful of the label…

People in this episode

Guests: Sélima Kebaili, Güneş Daşlı

Topics covered

• transitional justice
• victim participation
• mobilization
• women survivors
• Turkey
• Tunisia

Keywords

• victim leadership
• resistance
• Truth and Dignity Commission
• Saturday Mothers

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Turkey, Tunisia

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