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Conflict Insight ·  Asia

Restorative Justice: An Answer to Sexual Violence in Nepal?

How to cite this journal: Author, Date of the post, WMO Conflict Insight, Title of the post, ISSN: 2628 6998, https://worldmediation.org/journal/ ABSTRACT Rising sexual violence threatens Nepal’s widely patriarchal, male-favoring, and gender-biased society. Research shows that the country’s traditional justice procedure commonly disappoints to address survivors’ holistic needs due to corruption, insufficient state capacities, and by restricting its engagement to penalizing the responsible party. A punishment-centered system is only a short-term answer, missing out on risks for repeated misdemeanors after detention discharge. Survivors of sexual violence stress their need for

holistic justice that exceeds traditional courtroom scenarios. Restorative justice, a participatory alternative to sanction-centered systems, has proven its…

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