The right to education in a post-conflict context? Compensation and rehabilitation mechanisms: A legal/educational study
Keywords:
Compensation, psychological rehabilitation, health rehabilitation, child witness, child victim, child perpetratorAbstract
The issue of the right to education in conflict zones, in relation to reparations for past human rights violations, is complex and sensitive, given the scale and severity of these violations. Human rights alone raise national and international concerns because they have become a pretext for humanitarian intervention, on the one hand, and for establishing a future state where perpetrators and victims coexist, on the other. Educational curricula must respond to state-led reforms aimed at prevention and psychological and mental redress. These curricula must be based on teaching and educating about human rights to cultivate a culture and behavior that transforms learners from victims to witnesses to perpetrators. This paper will explore this issue.
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