Presentation at the University of Nairobi Research Week 2019: 2nd Annual Victimology and Victim Support Conference 2019

1. FORGOTTEN ONES: VICTIMS
OF HISTORICAL INJUSTICES
By Kelvin Mbithi
University Of Nairobi School Of Law
‘‘Examination of our part is never time-wasting. Reverberations from the past provide learning
rubrics for living today.’’ – Kilroy Oldster
Research Week 2019: 2nd Annual Victimology and Victim Support Conference 2019

2. TJRC REPORT VOLUME IV
Governments: Colonization, Kenyatta,
Moi, Kibaki
Injustices: Economic, Political, Social,
Violence
Victims: Women, indigenous groups,
Muslims
Research Week 2019: 2nd Annual Victimology and Victim Support Conference 2019

3. HELPING VICTIMS
Attempts: Institutions, Reparations, Apology, Memorialization
Political Issues Hindering: Lack of political will, Capacity, Non-
Cooperation
Other Countries & Redress Used
South Africa – Institutions, Compensation
United States – Compensation
Research Week 2019: 2nd Annual Victimology and Victim Support Conference 2019

4. STRUCTURAL CHANGES NEEDED
Legal reform – institutional engineering
Prosecutions – domestic v international
Reparations – justification
Memorializing – insufficient
Research Week 2019: 2nd Annual Victimology and Victim Support Conference 2019

5. END OF PRESENTATION
‘‘Yesterday is gone, tomorrow has not yet
come. We have only today. Let us begin.’’ –
Mother Teresa
Thank You
Research Week 2019: 2nd Annual Victimology and Victim Support Conference 2019