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Women's Access to Transitional Justice in Timor-Leste : The Blind Letters

London : Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2022 [©2022]

1 online resource (299 pages)

Englisch

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LOC-SH: Women-Political activity ; Transitional justice

Cover -- Title Page -- Acknowledgements -- Table of Contents -- Abbreviations -- Map of Timor-Leste -- 1. Introduction: 'The Blind Letters' -- I. Transitional Justice: A Brief Overview -- II. Women's Rights within Transitional Justice -- III. A Feminist Research -- IV. Ethics of the Research Undertaken -- V. Structure -- 2. Transitional Justice in Timor-Leste: 'Loron Loron, Kalan Kalan' -- I. The Background: History of Timor-Leste -- II. International Legal Framework -- III. Human Rights Violations -- IV. On Justice Received -- V. Access to Transitional Justice -- VI. Women's Participation in Transitional Justice -- VII. Barriers Faced by Women When They Access Transitional Justice -- VIII. Conclusions -- 3. Silence and Memory: 'They are Waiting for Us to Die' -- I. Women's Silence and Lack of Recognition after a Conflict -- II. On Women's Silence in Timor-Leste -- III. On Memory: Hyper-Masculinisation of Society and National Identity -- IV. The Continuum of Violations against Women -- V. What Women Want -- VI. Conclusions -- 4. Women and Prosecution: 'We Captured the Dogs But Not the Owners of the Dogs' -- I. Prosecutions in Timor-Leste -- II. The Legislation -- III. Accounts of Crimes Committed against Women -- IV. The Public: The Investigations -- V. The Public: The Proceedings -- VI. The Private Interference -- VII. Sentences, Women and the Follow-Up -- VIII. Conclusions -- 5. Women, Truth and Reconciliation: 'Here Comes the Victim' -- I. The CAVR -- II. Focus of the CAVR on Women -- III. The CTF and its Focus on Women -- IV. Women's Participation -- V. Different Reconciliation Discourses -- VI. Women's Healing and the Understanding of Truth -- VII. Women's Recognition and Political Follow-Up -- VIII. Conclusions -- 6. Women's Access to Reparations: 'Men Were the Most Affected' -- I. The Complexity of Reparations.