Victimhood and Acknowledgement: The Other Side of Terrorism

Strengthening Protection and Support for Victims of Terrorism in Criminal Proceedings in Afghanistan

“…Similarly, greater academic attention has been paid in terrorism research to the perpetrators of terrorist attacks and security-related associations than on victims of terrorism. 2 An emerging body of academic work has contributed to reducing the deficit exploring a variety of inter-related thematic areas, including contested definitional constructs of terrorist victimization and their shaping by legal, cultural and political factors, 3 contemporary approaches to compensation 4 and the influential value of victims associations for mobilising political reform. 5 Recent analyses have also addressed the historical dimensions of terrorist victimization through the prism of the relationship between perpetrators and their victims in a variety of regions including Russia, Italy, Northern Ireland, Germany and the USA.…”