Exploring grassroots transitional justice

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This report focuses on the role of victims in planning for a post-authoritarian future in North Korea. It presents findings from a survey of North Korean escapees on their perceptions of victimhood; the types of mechanisms that might be applied to facilitate collective and individual recovery from the past; and how to engage North Korean escapee participation in a transitional justice process. The findings show broad support for applying transitional justice mechanisms to the North Korean context in the future. However, in contrast to the focus within the transnational advocacy community on pursuing criminal accountability, the research participants showed stronger preference for truth-seeking measures as a means of dealing with North Korea’s past,when the opportunity arises. Many participants in the research self-identified as victims of the North Korean regime, but they attached this victimhood to a broad range of experiences and circumstances, not limited to personal experiences of physical harm. The survey participants were supportive of victim participation in planning and designing transitional justice mechanisms;however, they expressed a number of concerns about taking a leading role in such activities. The report concludes with selected recommendations for how non-governmental organisations (NGOs) might develop new approaches to planning for a transitional justice process for North Korea in the future.

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