Appraising the Socio-Economic Turn in Reparations: Transitional Justice for Cholera Victims in Haiti
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2021
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Lemay-Hébert, Nicolas
Freedman, Rosa
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Oxford University Press
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After belatedly apologizing for the cholera epidemic in Haiti, the 'New Approach to Cholera in Haiti' by the UN and the promise of material assistance to victims through a 'victim-centred approach' highlight how the victims turn and the socio-economic turn are increasingly pivotal in the field of transitional justice. In light of these growing calls, we suggest a matrix to clarify the debate made of two separate dimensions: the focus of reparations – collective versus individual – and the means of reparations – symbolic versus material. Based on fieldwork conducted in March 2017 in the communities most affected by the cholera outbreak, this article demonstrates how the tensions between reparations offered by the UN (with a preference for collective symbolic reparations) and the reparations demanded by the victims (individual material reparations) can help understand the current stalemate in Haiti, and hopefully inform the next steps in the process of remedy for the victims.
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Cash transfers, compensation, peacebuilding, peacekeeping, United Nations
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International Journal of Transitional Justice
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