L’atelier « Victimological Approaches to Reparations for Crime Victims: A Comparative Analysis of Spain, India, and Canada » propose un regard croisé sur les mécanismes et pratiques de réparation offerts aux victimes d’actes criminels dans trois contextes culturels et juridiques distincts : l’Espagne, l’Inde et le Canada.
Date : Mercredi 7 mai de 13h à 16h30
Note : Les présentations seront en anglais. Cependant, les participants seront invités à poser leurs questions en français.
L’atelier « Victimological Approaches to Reparations for Crime Victims: A Comparative Analysis of Spain, India, and Canada » propose un regard croisé sur les mécanismes et pratiques de réparation offerts aux victimes d’actes criminels dans trois contextes culturels et juridiques distincts : l’Espagne, l’Inde et le Canada. À partir d'une perspective victimologique comparative, les intervenants examineront comment chacun de ces pays définit et applique le concept de réparation, ainsi que les défis et succès rencontrés par les victimes dans l'obtention d'une justice effective.
13h00 à 13h10 Introduction
Alain-Guy Sipowo, Université de Montréal
13h10 à 13h55 Longitudinal understandings of the right to reparation for victims of serious crimes: Some examples of Spain and the Basque Country
Gema Varona, University of the Basque Country
13h55 à 14h05 Questions – discussion
14h05 à 14h15 Pause café
14h15 à 15h00 Trauma-Informed Justice and Reparation Efforts in India
Bhanu Prakash, Centre For Victimological Research And Victim Assistance and RV University, India
15h00 à 15h10 Questions - discussion
15h10 à 15h20 Pause café
15h20 à 16h05 Transformative Justice : Victim-Centred Restorative Justice
Jo-Anne Wemmers, Université de Montréal
16h05 à 16h15 Questions - discussion
16h15 à 16h30 Mot de clôture
Alain-Guy Sipowo, Université de Montréal
Alain-Guy Sipowo
Alain-Guy Sipowo est titulaire d’un LLB et d’une Maîtrise en droit public de l’Université de Yaoundé II au Cameroun (2005, 2006), d’un Master en droit international et européen des droits de l’homme de l’Université de Nantes en France (2008) et d’un Master en relations internationales, avec une spécialisation en règlement des différends internationaux, de l’Institut des Relations Internationales du Cameroun (2008). Spécialiste des droits des victimes d’actes criminels, des droits humains et de la justice internationale, il a enseigné entre 2010 et 2020 diverses disciplines du droit international au sein des faculté de droit au Québec et en Europe. Membre du Barreau du Québec depuis 2018, il a rejoint l’École de criminologie en 2021 comme professeur adjoint de victimologie.
Gema Varona
Gema Varona is a research professor in Victimology and Criminal Policy at the Faculty of Law of the University of the Basque Country and director and senior researcher at the Basque Institute of Criminology (Donostia/San Sebastian, Spain). President of the World Society of Victimology and member of the Basque Academy of Science and Arts. Coordinator of the degree in criminology (2014-2017) and co-director of Post-graduate studies in Victimology at her University, former member of the Ethics Committee for Research at that University, she has authored books on migration and human rights, restorative justice, juries and the construction of juridical truth, women local safety audits, victims of terrorism, victims of sexual abuse and evaluation of public policies.
Résumé :
This presentation will start with the state of the art on international standards and their application in Spain and the Basque Country in relation to the right to reparation for victims. The presentation will compare the diversity in social understanding, legal and political victim treatment in the case of violence against women in the field of intimate partner or ex-partner violence, political violence and sexual violence against minors in family and organisational contexts. Something that appears in common, in line with victim advocacy groups in other countries, is that victims demand a longitudinal understanding of the right to reparation as something that begins when the victimization occurs and does not end with a judicial decision. It might even requir e component s of intergenerational justice (usually explored in green victimology). In this sense, reference will be made to the (complementary) contribution of restorative justice, transitiona l justic e and transformative justice.
Bhanu Prakash Nunna
Dr. Bhanu Prakash Nunna is currently one of the two vice presidents of the World Society of Victimology (WSV) and the Chair of the Membership and Advancement Committee of the WSV. He is also the Director of the Centre for Victimological Research and Victim Assistance and an Assistant Professor (Psychology and Victimology) at the School of Law, RV University, India. Dr. Nunna is also the Programme Director of the undergraduate Criminology programme at RV University. He is a psychologist by training and has over 15 years of experience in counselling trauma victims, caregivers, teenagers, and the geriatric population. His research interests are victim support, sexual victimization, secondary victimization, trauma-informed practices, and victim support training. Dr. Nunna is the Founding Co-director of the Bangladesh Postgraduate Course on Victimology. He was also a Resource Faculty member at the prestigious Postgraduate Courses on Victimology at the Inter-university Centre, Dubrovnik, Croatia; City University, Hong Kong; University of Surabaya and the University of Indonesia, Indonesia; and O.P. Jindal Global University, India. In 2018, he received the World Society of Victimology Scholarship.
Résumé :
Multi-faceted conflict and trauma have long plagued India, ranging from historical injustices to modern-day violence caused by political, ethnic, religious, and systemic factors. Human rights violations, communal violence, insurgencies, and forced displacement have left deep scars on individuals and communities, requiring frameworks for healing, accountability, and justice. Trauma-informed justice offers an alternative by focusing on how legal and reparation systems can acknowledge, address, and mitigate trauma while empowering victims. To begin, this lecture provides a broad context for crime, violence, and human rights violations in India. Using some case studies, it explores traumainformed justice practices in India, analyzes reparation efforts for victims of crime and violence, and highlights successful and challenging approaches to trauma-sensitive justice. As a way forward, the lecture highlights the need for a multi-stakeholder approach, involving the state, civil society, and mental health professionals to ensure survivors are compensated and empowered to heal and rebuild their lives. India can create a justice system that prioritizes victim safety, dignity, and recovery by integrating trauma sensitivity into legal and institutional processes. It can move closer to creating a more inclusive and compassionate justice system.
Jo-Anne Wemmers
Jo-Anne Wemmers est professeure titulaire à l’École de criminologie de l’Université de Montréal et chercheure régulière au Centre international de criminologie comparée (CICC) où elle est co-directrice du Centre de justice pour les victimes d’actes criminels (CJVAC). Experte en victimologie, elle est Vice-Président de la Société mondiale de victimologie. Elle est l’auteure d’environ une centaine de publications, dont les livres Victimologie : une perspective canadienne (Les Presses de l’Université de Québec) et Reparations for Victims of Crimes Against Humanity (Routledge).
Résumé :
Canada has been a leader in restorative justice (RJ), which involves victims, offenders, and communities in addressing harm. Since the 1970s, programs like the Victim Offender Reconciliation Program (VORP) have diverted offenders from the traditional justice system. Extrajudicial measures, which divert cases out of the criminal justice system, continue to be a dominant form of RJ in Canada. However, diversion programs risk using victims to achieve criminal justice goals (Green 2006). Victimology invites us to not only consider harm by individual offenders but also acknowledge the role and responsibly of the community and society in creating conditions that enable victimization. Victim-centred RJ is transformative. Victims remind us that healing doesn’t mean returning to pre-crime conditions. In this presentation we will examine some victim-centred restorative practices.
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