Open AccessReasserting Agency: Procedural Justice, Victim-Centricity, and the Right to Remedy for Survivors of Slavery and Related Exploitation
Author(s) -
Katarina Schwarz,
Jing Geng
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of modern slavery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2574-9897
DOI - 10.22150/jms/xkvj2622
Subject(s) - redress , agency (philosophy) , human rights , narrative , victimisation , economic justice , political science , law , order (exchange) , procedural justice , sociology , law and economics , criminology , psychology , business , poison control , social science , human factors and ergonomics , medicine , art , perception , environmental health , finance , literature , neuroscience
One of the biggest failings of contemporary regimes governing human exploitation is their treatment of ‘victims’. This paper roots narratives of victimhood and agency in the legal frameworks through analysis of the right to effective remedy in human rights and international law. Dominant characterisations of ‘victimisation’ are problematised and an alternative formulation - the ‘victim-agent’ - proposed in order to recognise agency and its abrogation, advocate for participation consistent with the demands of procedural justice, and contribute to meaningful redress.