VICTIMS. The 'culture of story-telling', i.e., the various approaches of empathic acknowledging the victim's personal narration (testimony) about his/her traumatic experiences (by the community and society), and of labelling it as a human rights violation, was found to be successful in restoring the victim's dignity and reducing the post-traumatic symptoms. Interviews of victims and witnesses, as well as the testimonies of the survivors of human rights violations will be documented and may be used for advocacy purposes, international tribunals or published for educational purposes in another way. Victims who suffer from psychological wounds due to traumatic events tend to remain silent about their past. They avoid talking about their experiences since remembering the traumatic event is painful, they fear that others cannot understand them. Many victims need psychological support and treatment in dealing with their traumatic experiences in order to regain the capability to care for themselves and their dependents. Psychological, social and human rights-based interventions are required to facilitate the development of new and peaceful societal ways of living. Relationship to others, for instance, isolation, retreat, inability to trust, destruction of relations to family members, inability to protect oneself to become a victim again;
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