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Complementary Strengths: Western Psychology and Traditional Healing

Rebuilding HopeRebuilding Hope in Mozambique combined traditional healing and western psychology to reintegrate former child soldiers.  The organization saw the need for an integrated healing process that would allow families and communities to accept child soldiers back into their lives — these children who may have perpetrated atrocities suffered by their own communities.

notebook: Using Popular Theater to Break the Silence Around Violence Against Women

In this notebook, theatre is used to break the silence surrounding violence against women in Senegal. Theatre provides an outlet for the public to talk openly about human rights abuses that were normally considered only a "familial problem."

notebook: Uncovering the Evidence: The forensic sciences in human rights

In this notebook we learn about the ways in which forensic science can unearth human rights abuses from the past and bring closure to families as well as truth to the judicial process.  The Argentine Forensic Anthropology Team has been training human rights NGOs to use forensic tools to advance investigations.  Through this science one can tell if a person was tortured, if the death was accidental or intentional and they can try to indentify the person.

notebook: The Power of Place: How historic sites can engage citizens in human rights issues

In this notebook we learn about how museums are innovating ways to keep history alive so that the public can remember and talk about what happened in the past.  The International Coalition of Historic Site Museums transforms places of passive learning into places of active citizenship and engagement.

notebook: Public Audiences: Creating Space to Recognize Victims of Internal Conflict in Peru

This notebook describes the tactics that the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) of Peru implimented to give a voice to victims of governmental human rights abuses.  The purpose of the commission was not an investigation, rather Public Audiences provided victims the opportunity to tell their stories and rewrite history in a sense to include the abuses they suffered.

notebook: Rebuilding Communities: Training trauma survivors to help communities heal after atrocities

In this notebook we learn about how the Center for Victims of Torture (CVT) created local and and long-term capacity building projects in Guinea and Sierra Leone.  The CVT trained local refugees to be "mental health specialists" and gave them the skills to begin to rebuild their communities.  This notebook may provide tactical ideas to those assisting these communities trying to rebuild their lives.

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notebook: Plan B: Using Secondary Protests to Undermine Repression

"Plan B" describes the tactic that Otpor!, a student movement in Serbia, used to break through the governments reign of fear and encourage activists not to be afraid.  They accomplished this by turning government arrests of demonstrators into public spectacles that illustrated the governments repressive regime and turned the arrested into public heroes.

notebook: Making the State Pay: Mobilizing Public Resources for Victims of Human Rights Violations

This notebook describes how one organization (ICAR) in Romania was able to pressure the government to accept its moral and legal obligation to provide care to torture victims.  The group had international support but they recognized that it was the states responsibility to rehabilitate this socially marginalized group.

notebook: Making Allies: Engaging Government Officials to Advance Human Rights

In this notebook we learn about how the Russia nongovernmental organization Citizens' Watch created relationships with key government officials to promote human rights. Citizens' Watch recognized the potential for engaging bureaucrats to advance human rights in Russia.

notebook: I'll Walk Beside You: Providing emotional support for testifiers at the South African Truth & Reconciliation Commission

In this notebook we learn about the the process of creating 'briefers' to accompany victims during the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC).  These 'briefers' aided victims before, during, and after they testified by providing psychosocial support and legal support.