Publikationen der Stiftung → From dealing with the past to future cooperation
Publikationen der Stiftung → From dealing with the past to future cooperation
Inhalt
- From Dealing with the Past to Future Cooperation: Regional a
- From January 31st to February 2nd 2005 the Deutsche Gesellsc
- This report tries to summarise the central results of the co
- The report is complemented by the reports on the working gro
- Reconciliation – a universal concept?
- There was a clear consensus that there is no clear definitio
- Still, the concept of former enemy groups trying to re-build
- reconciliation does not include necessarily include “forgett
- reconciliation is a long-term process which does not follow
- reconciliation has to come from inside the society and canno
- individual reconciliation cannot be expected, the focus shou
- social reconciliation must be a collective and inclusive pro
- Besides that, reconciliation can be understood as a “contain
- The telling and documentation of factual truth about committ
- Truth Commissions that collect and document factual truth ar
- Similar to Truth Commissions, International Criminal Courts
- Supporting victims and Devictimisation
- One very important universal aspect of reconciliation is ove
- Victims of violence are often deeply traumatised and therefo
- In South-Eastern Europe, each of the former enemy group perc
- Time and timing
- Is there a universal sequence in reconciliation processes? T
- The process of reconciliation cannot start before people do
- Then, there must be at least some local actors, usually a mi
- As reconciliation requires a deep change – as well in social
- How could the international community improve their support
- Lessons Learned:
- Show critical solidarity, but do not impose!
- Support from outside is needed, but the way and the speed of
- Do not go for glamorous assistance, but support with a long
- The process of reconciliation consists of a lot of small ste
- Do your homework!
- There is no standard of reconciliation which can be “produce
- Be a good example!
- The credibility of the international community plays a cruci