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Conflicted Democracies and Gendered Violence Conflicted Democracies and Gendered Violence Conflicted Democracies and Gendered “A very important feature of Conflicted Democracies and Gendered Violence: The Right to Heal is that it shows the ubiquity of sexual violence that is not simply concomitant to other forms of violence but is a weapon that is part and parcel of the weaponry in the hands of the state and of transnational militant movements. What are the mechanisms through which violence is continuously sustained within democracies? This exemplary book helps us ask that question without the plethora of evasions that often allow democratic states to deflect that question to some other concern—national security, national honor or the necessity of pragmatism in view of the enormity of new forms of warfare. I am so grateful for this book and for the courage of scholar-activists and the victim-survivors who have put the results of years of hard labor on these questions before us.” — Veena Das, Krieger-Eisenhower Professor of Anthropology, Johns Hopkins University “The monograph provides an incisive, comparative, and contextual framework for grappling with some of the most challenging issues of our time—gender and sexual violence in conflict. The document makes a compelling case for the development of effective national accountability mechanisms for political democracies to address conflict-based issues and grave social violence. The monograph underlines the pressing need to place victims-survivors at the center of owning knowledge and defining remedy. This monumental work stands to impact scholarship, policy, and advocacy for addressing Editors and Kaur, Buluswar, Chatterji, gender-based and sexualized violence in conflicted democracies.” —Navanethem Pillay, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, 2008–2014 EDITORS Angana P. Chatterji, Shashi Buluswar, and Mallika Kaur CONTRIBUTORS Angana P. Chatterji, Mallika Kaur, Roxanna Altholz, Paola Bacchetta, Rajvinder Singh Bains, Mihir Desai, Laurel E. Fletcher, Parvez Imroz, Jeremy J. Sarkin, and Pei Wu COVER IMAGE Arpana Caur, Dharti (Earth), 10 x 14 inches, Gouache on Paper, 2011 Project Rights People’s Armed Conflict Resolution and Image courtesy of the artist COVER DESIGN Design Action Collective Conflicted Democracies Paperback and Gendered Violence THE RIGHT TO HEAL Internal Conflict and Social Upheaval; Examples from India Armed Conflict Resolution and People’s Rights Project Electronic Center for Social Sector Leadership EDITORS Angana P. Chatterji, Shashi Buluswar, Mallika Kaur socialsector.haas.berkeley.edu/research/acr.html FOREWORD and STATEMENT Veena Das and Navanethem Pillay Conflicted Democracies and Gendered Violence Conflicted Democracies and Gendered “A very important feature of Conflicted Democracies and Gendered Violence: The Right to Heal is that it shows the ubiquity of sexual violence that is not simply concomitant to other forms of violence but is a weapon that is part and parcel of the weaponry in the hands of the state and of transnational militant movements. What are the mechanisms through which violence is continuously sustained within democracies? This exemplary book helps us ask that question without the plethora of evasions that often allow democratic states to deflect that question to some other concern—national security, national honor or the necessity of pragmatism in view of the enormity of new forms of warfare. I am so grateful for this book and for the courage of scholar-activists and the victim-survivors who have put the results of years of hard labor on these questions before us.” — Veena Das, Krieger-Eisenhower Professor of Anthropology, Johns Hopkins University “The monograph provides an incisive, comparative, and contextual framework for grappling with some of the most challenging issues of our time—gender and sexual violence in conflict. The document makes a compelling case for the development of effective national accountability mechanisms for political democracies to address conflict-based issues and grave social violence. The monograph underlines the pressing need to place victims-survivors at the center of owning knowledge and defining remedy. This monumental work stands to impact scholarship, policy, and advocacy for addressing Editors and Kaur, Buluswar, Chatterji, gender-based and sexualized violence in conflicted democracies.” —Navanethem Pillay, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, 2008–2014 EDITORS Angana P. Chatterji, Shashi Buluswar, and Mallika Kaur CONTRIBUTORS Angana P. Chatterji, Mallika Kaur, Roxanna Altholz, Paola Bacchetta, Rajvinder Singh Bains, Mihir Desai, Laurel E. Fletcher, Parvez Imroz, Jeremy J. Sarkin, and Pei Wu COVER IMAGE Arpana Caur, Dharti (Earth), 10 x 14 inches, Gouache on Paper, 2011 Project Rights People’s Armed Conflict Resolution and Image courtesy of the artist COVER DESIGN Design Action Collective Conflicted Democracies Paperback and Gendered Violence THE RIGHT TO HEAL Internal Conflict and Social Upheaval; Examples from India Armed Conflict Resolution and People’s Rights Project Electronic Center for Social Sector Leadership EDITORS Angana P. Chatterji, Shashi Buluswar, Mallika Kaur socialsector.haas.berkeley.edu/research/acr.html FOREWORD and STATEMENT Veena Das and Navanethem Pillay Conflicted Democracies and Gendered Violence THE RIGHT TO HEAL Internal Conflict and Social Upheaval; Examples from India STATEMENT Navanethem Pillay FOREWORD Veena Das EDITORS Angana P. Chatterji, Shashi Buluswar, and Mallika Kaur CONTRIBUTORS Angana P. Chatterji, Mallika Kaur, Roxanna Altholz, Paola Bacchetta, Rajvinder Singh Bains, Mihir Desai, Laurel E. Fletcher, Parvez Imroz, Jeremy J. Sarkin, and Pei Wu Armed Conflict Resolution and People’s Rights Project Center for Social Sector Leadership © Armed Conflict Resolution and People’s Rights Project, Center for Social Sector Leadership, Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley All rights reserved Center for Social Sector Leadership, Haas School of Business S545 Student Services Building #1900 Berkeley, CA 94720 Monograph Title: Conflicted Democracies: The Right To Heal Subtitle: Social Upheaval and Internal Conflict; Examples from India Cover Image: Arpana Caur Dharti (Earth), 10 x 14 inches, Gouache on Paper, 2011 Image courtesy of the artist Cover Design: Design Action Collective, Oakland Publication Date: October 2015 First Published: 2015 Language: English | Pages: 432 Electronic ISBN 978-0-692-38971-3 | Paperback ISBN 978-0-692-38970-6 This work is the product of the Armed Conflict Resolution and People’s Rights Project, Center for Social Sector Leadership, Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley. Portions of Access to Justice for Women: India’s Response to Sexual Violence in Conflict and Social Upheaval by Roxanna Altholz, Angana P. Chatterji, Laurel E. Fletcher, and Mallika Kaur, © October 2015, Armed Conflict Resolution and People’s Rights Project, Center for Social Sector Leadership, Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley and International Human Rights Law Clinic, School of Law, University of California, Berkeley have been incorporated into Conflicted Democracies and Gendered Violence: The Right To Heal with permission and by agreement. Disclaimer: The views expressed in this publication are of the editors and, to a limited extent, of the contributors and partners, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Armed Conflict Resolution and People’s Rights Project’s partners and affiliates, funders, the Haas School of Business, or the University of California. The titles and affiliations of individuals, wherever included, are provided for identification purposes only. This publication is subject to copyright, but may be reproduced, in whole or in part, for noncommercial purposes only and with full acknowledgment. Printed and bound at Inkworks Press: Worker owned, union; Teamsters, District Council 2 GCIU 2827 Seventh Street Berkeley, CA 94710 The monograph is dedicated to individuals and collectives in areas of conflict and social upheaval who live with multiple vulnerabilities and labor with courage and dignity against seemingly insurmountable odds to enable the work of remembrance, accountability, and healing. Especially, it is dedicated to victims and survivors of gendered and sexualized violence in conflict and upheaval, and allies, and their brave, honorable, and enduring struggle to redress injustice and impunity. Armed Conflict Resolution and People’s Rights Project Center for Social Sector Leadership, Haas School of Business University of California, Berkeley The Armed Conflict Resolution and People’s Rights Project, (ACRes), focuses on the internal dimensions of armed conflict and mass social violence. Interdisciplinary in practice and rooted in local knowledge, ACRes contends with the condition of violence and the contested terrain of people’s rights, to understand how victim-survivors live with social suffering and ameliorate its effects, define mechanisms for transitional, transformative, and reparatory justice, seek psychosocial healing, and undertake the work of memorialization and social change. The Project works with a collaborative network of victim-survivors, scholars, and academic and civil society institutions. socialsector.haas.berkeley.edu/research/acr.html AUTHORS AND PARTNERS* * The list below reflects the names of individuals and institutional partners that have been engaged in the work of developing this monograph and those that have offered guidance during the process. The titles and affiliations
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