Poster #17 - Voice without Power? The "Integration under Tension" between Restorative and Transitional Justice in the JEP

• In Event: Poster Session I (posters 1 - 79)

Abstract

This research analyzes the integration between restorative and transitional justice in Colombia, taking victim participation in the Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP) as its central axis. Through a triple-level analysis (theoretical, legal, and empirical) based on 37 semi-structured interviews, the study evaluates the significance of this participation using an original "double-level model" that distinguishes between the procedural and outcome dimensions.

The findings reveal an ambivalent experience: while victims positively value progress in listening and dignification (procedural level), they face structural access barriers and limited real influence on decisions (outcome level). The thesis concludes that the JEP has configured an "integration under tension," defined as partial, differentiated, and contested. It is partial because procedural advances do not always result in material justice; differentiated because institutional responsiveness is higher at the macro level than the micro level; and contested due to selectivity tensions and the persistence of armed conflict. The study provides a realistic evaluation standard for transitional systems in contexts of mass victimization

Author

• Silvana Avendaño Bedoya, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya