Trauma and Human Rights

Human rights violations and traumatic events often comingle in victims' experiences; however, the human rights framework and trauma theory are rarely deployed together to illuminate such experiences. This edited volume explores the intersection of trauma and human rights by presenting the development and current status of each of these frameworks, examining traumatic experiences and human rights violations across a range of populations and describing efforts to remediate them. Individual chapters address these topics among Native Americans, African Americans, children, women, lesbian/gay/bisexual/transgender individuals, those with mental disabilities, refugees and asylees, and older adults, and also in the context of social policy and truth and reconciliation commissions. The authors demonstrate that the trauma and human rights frameworks each contribute invaluable and complementary insights, and that their integration can help us fully appreciate and address human suffering at both individual and collective levels.

Bridges the conceptual gap between an expansion of international human rights law and increased attention to treatment systems that incorporate trauma-informed care from the mental health community Examines how the key principles described converge and intersect in multiple and complex ways, applying a base framework to a broad range of vulnerable groups and communities Highlights how a trauma-informed human rights framework can serve as an effective guide for assessment and intervention

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Lisa D. Butler, PhD, is Associate Professor in the School of Social Work at the University at Buffalo, in Buffalo, NY, USA.

Filomena M. Critelli, PhD, is Associate Professor and the Co-Director of the Institute for Sustainable Global Engagement in the School of Social Work at the University at Buffalo, in Buffalo, NY, USA.

Janice Carello, LMSW, PhD, is Assistant Professor in the Department of Social Work at Edinboro University, in Edinboro, PA, USA.

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This volume is a sorely needed corrective, examining trauma through the lens of power and oppression.

-Steven N Gold, PhD, Director of Trauma Resolution & Integration Program and Professor at Center for Psychological Studies, Nova Southeastern University, USA As a whole, the book is an impressive addition to the literature and will encourage more effective practice across the micro-macro spectrum. -Lynne M. Healy, PhD, Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor Emerita, University of Connecticut, USA (A) seminal work thatshould be essential reading for anyone interested in better understanding human rights and trauma. -Zachary Steel, PhD, St John of God Chair in Trauma and Mental Health, School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Australia Human rights violations and traumatic events often comingle in victims' experiences; however, the human rights framework and trauma theory are rarely deployed together to illuminate such experiences. This edited volume explores the intersection of trauma and human rights by presenting the development and current status of each of these frameworks, examining traumatic experiences and human rights violations across a range of populations and describing efforts to remediate them. Individual chapters address these topics among Native Americans, African Americans, children, women, lesbian/gay/bisexual/transgender individuals, those with mental disabilities, refugees and asylees, and older adults, and also in the context of social policy and truth and reconciliation commissions. The authors demonstrate that the trauma and human rights frameworks each contribute invaluable and complementary insights, and that their integration can help us fully appreciate and address human suffering at both individual and collective levels.

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Chapter 1: Introduction to Trauma and Human Rights.- Chapter 2: Traumatic Experience, Human Rights Violations, and Their Intersection.- Chapter 3: Moving Toward Trauma-Informed and Human.- Rights-Based Social Policy: the Role of the Helping Professions.- Chapter 4: Enhancing Indigenous Wellbeing: Applying Human Rights and Trauma-Informed Perspectives with Native Americans.- Chapter 5: Black Trauma in the US and the Pursuit of Human Rights: A Brief History.- Chapter 6: Children's Experiences of Trauma and Human Rights Violations Around the World.- Chapter 7: Women, Trauma, and Human Rights.- Chapter 8: The Lives of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender People: A Trauma-Informed and Human Rights Perspective.- Chapter 9: Mental Disability, Trauma, and Human Rights.- Chapter 10: Refugees and Asylum Seekers.- Chapter 11: The Interrelationship between Aging, Trauma, and the End of Life.- Chapter 12: Truth and Reconciliation Commissions, Human Rights, and Trauma.- Chapter 13:Afterword: Human Rights and the Science of Suffering.