Feasibility of Identifying Transgenerational Trauma Liability by Reviewing the Katanga Case

Document Type : Original Article

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1 Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad. Iran

2 PhD, Faculty of Law, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad. Iran. Corresponding Author Email: Moshirahmadia1@mums.ac.ir

10.52547/jlr.2023.184542.1511

Abstract

The crimes of Katanga and his accomplices in Bogoru have left 297 people dead or somehow victimized. After the case was opened in the International Criminal Court, five of the victims demanded compensation for traumas caused indirectly that can be called transgenerational trauma. The Chamber found that although they are suffering from transgenerational psychological harm, no evidence is laid before the Chamber to establish the causal relation between the suffered trauma and the attack on Bogoro. However, scientific researches have revealed that it is possible to transfer the trauma from parents to children. Epigenetic transmission and social transmission are two theories that can be relied upon in this regard. The certainty of the trauma, the consequence of the effects of the crime, and the fixation of the cause are also important conditions for claiming such damages. Compensation can also be material, spiritual, symbolic or a combination of them.  

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  • Receive Date: 28 December 2019
  • Revise Date: 21 November 2021
  • Accept Date: 24 May 2023

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