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Cambodia’s Hidden Scars: Trauma Psychology in the Wake of the Khmer Rouge

Van Schaack B, Reicherter D, Chhang Y, 2011

This text explores the profound impact of war and genocide on human psychology with a  focus on Cambodia and the work of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC). Interdisciplinary in nature, this edited volume presents the current research on the impact of trauma not only on survivors’ mental health processes but also on the ability of survivors to participate in legal processes, such as the trials of surviving members of the Khmer Rouge before the ECCC.

http://tpocambodia.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/DCCAM_Cambodias-Hidden-Scars.pdf

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Trauma Stabilisation as a Sole Treatment Intervention for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Southeast Asia

Eichfeld et al, 2019

Southeast Asia contains high numbers of traumatised populations arising from either natural disasters or interpersonal violence. Consequently, empirically based trauma treatments, addressing traumatic sequelae in local populations was needed. Trauma Aid Germany, trained 37 therapists in psycho-traumatology, based on EMDR Therapy, which included trauma stabilisation techniques. This research analysed the impact of Trauma Stabilisation as a sole treatment intervention for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in adults and revealed that it was highly effective in alleviating PTSD diagnoses. Results demonstrate PTSD symptoms were reduced in both clinical and sub-clinical trauma groups. The data set suggests trauma stabilisation, as a sole treatment intervention, was safe, effective, efficient and sufficient treatment intervention for PTSD.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6426800/

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Ethical Considerations for Researching Violence Against Women

PATH

In many ways, researching violence against women is similar to researching other sensitive topics. There are issues of confidentiality, problems of disclosure, and the need to ensure adequate and informed consent. As the previous quote from an interviewer illustrates, however, there are aspects of gender-based violence research that transcend those in other areas becauseof the potentially threatening and traumatic nature of the subject matter. In the case of violence, the safety and even the lives of women respondents and interviewers may be at risk .

https://www.path.org/publications/files/GBV_rvaw_ch2.pdf

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We need the truth Enforced Disappearances in Asia

Katharina Lauristch

Enforced disappearances have been a well known to Sri Lanka before, during and the `post´ conflict scenario. However, from time to time we have had large scale disappearances becoming widely used since the 1980s onwards, connected to the politico-military situation and in local areas of the country.

http://www.simonrobins.com/ECAP-We%20need%20the%20Truth-Asia%20disappearances.pdf

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Nunca Más International Network for Human Rights and Psycho-social Response

We are a human-rights-based development organization that strives to mitigate the consequences of severe human rights violations, such as collective violence. We support and empower victims/survivors of human rights violations and seek to change the conditions that perpetuate collective violence through preventative strategies.

http://www.nuncamas.net/

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Mental health consequences of war: a brief review of research findings

Srinivasa Murthy and Lakshminarayana

In humanitarian emergencies and conflict situations psychological damage has traditionally not been addressed, its extent and impact have not been well studied. It is only through a greater focus of mental health problems as a result of war and conflict, can coherent and effective strategies for dealing with such problems be developed.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1472271/

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AFESIP-Cambodia

AFESIP Cambodia is a legally registered non-governmental, non-partisan, and non-religious organization that cares for and secures the rights of women and girls victimized by human trafficking and sex slavery. It was established at the grass-roots level in 1996 because of the dire situations of thousands of victims forced into exploitation in and across Cambodian borders.

http://www.afesip.org/

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Denial and silence or acknowledgement and disclosure

Margriet Blaauw and Virpi Lähteenmäki

Disappearances are a worldwide problem. Over the last few decades the world has been shocked by accounts of tens of thousands of people who are known to have disappeared in Cambodia, Latin America, Iraq, Rwanda, the former Yugoslavia, Chechnya and others.Forced disappearance have an effect on the individual, his/her family and the community as a whole. The problems that family members of disappeared persons face are complex and can be overwhelming.

http://www.icrc.org/eng/assets/files/other/irrc_848_blaauw_virpi.pdf

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Post-Conflict Peacebuilding: Meeting Human Needs for Justice and Reconciliation

Wendy Lambourne, United States Institute of Peace, 2004

The ending of overt violence via a peace agreement or military victory does not mean the achievement of peace.2 Rather, the ending of violence or a so-called ‘post-conflict’ situation provides “a new set of opportunities that can be grasped or thrown away”.3 The international community can play a significant role in either nurturing or undermining this fragile peace building process. Both justice and reconciliation are fundamentally significant goals that need to be addressed in the design of successful post-conflict peace building processes and mechanisms, especially in the aftermath of genocide.

http://www.genocideresearchhub.org.rw/document/post-conflict-peacebuilding-meeting-human-needs-justice-reconciliation/

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The Cambodian Women`s Crisis Center

The Cambodian Women`s Crisis Center (CWCC) is a local, non-governmental, non-profitable, and non-political organization. It was founded in Phnom Penh in March 1997 by a group of women who believed that violence against women and children was severe and that the assistance services were lacking.

http://www.cwcc.org.kh/

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