Victims/Survivors of Conflict-Related Sexual Violence: a Restorative Justice to Guarantee Non-Repetition and a Sustainable Peace

This thesis seeks to highlight the responses that can be given to victims/survivors of Conflict-Related Sexual Violence by Transitional Justice in order to ensure their reparation and a sustainable peace. On the basis of a literature review and the study of various cases, including restorative justice, non-judicial transitional justice mechanisms such as Truth and Reconciliation Commissions, and criminal justice, in particular the International Criminal Court, but also using jurisprudence and NGOs reports, the various options are examined, in an attempt to highlight the most appropriate. Restorative justice and retributive justice each meet certain needs of victims/survivors, but also of perpetrators and the society as a whole. In this respect, their complementarity is central. This research shows that the search for a sustainable peace must involve more than those directly concerned, and requires time and resources on a long-term basis.