Researcher Rascha Albaba Acosta, from the Fundación Euroárabe, took part, from 15 to 17 June, in the third and final in-person training of the VicTory project, held in Helsinki.
The event brought to a close the approach developed at the first in-person training, held from 10 to 12 February, with Fundación Euroárabe leading the facilitation together with Ararteko (the Basque Ombudsman’s Office), as well as its continuation from 21 to 23 April, hosted by the Hungarian Helsinki Committee — part of a series of workshops delivered in hybrid format, both online and in person.
A victim-centred programme to prevent revictimisation
The workshop opened with remarks from Margarida Damas of IPS – Innovative Prison Systems, followed by an introduction from Miriam Attias (MAP Finland), Roberto Moreno and Nahikari Borda (Ararteko). Over the course of three days, participants explored approaches to responding to hate incidents, conducting individual interviews through vulnerable listening, and facilitating the collective contribution to the community of testimonies from victims of political violence, through symbolic reparation, memory and transitional justice.
