AJAR’s Unlearning Impunity Series: Mosaic

Victims of torture, especially when it is committed within the context of widespread or systematic human rights violations, experience trauma that is deeply embedded inside themselves and their families. In countries where impunity is the norm, the lack of acknowledgement of torture and its impact transforms trauma into a festering wound in both the personal lives of victims and survivors, and in society.

It is not only victims who suffer. Those who work closely with victims and have an intimate knowledge of their experiences of torture and trauma, may also experience trauma. Prolonged exposure to trauma, without a strategy or mechanisms to deal with it, may cause vicarious or secondary trauma, severe stress, psychological fatigue due to support of victims (compassion fatigue), and saturation (burnout).

Owner/Developer : AJAR

Language : English