@article{ref1,
title="Responding to epistemic injustice against child soldiers",
journal="International journal of children's rights",
year="2021",
author="Kiyala, Jean Chrysostome K.",
volume="29",
number="3",
pages="662-700",
abstract="This empirical study examines the impact of epistemic injustice on child soldiers while exploring the potential of the Baraza structure - a local jurisprudence in the Democratic Republic of Congo - to pursue the &quot;the best interests of the child&quot; principle, particularly in the process of holding young soldiers accountable. Epistemic injustice, conceptually developed by Miranda Fricker, consists of &quot;testimonial injustice&quot;, when the hearer gives a deflated level of credibility to a speaker's word due to prejudice; &quot;hermeneutical injustice&quot;, which takes place when a structural breach in collective interpretive imagination resources unfairly disadvantages a person or social group when trying to render intelligible their social experiences; and &quot;distributive epistemic injustice&quot;, which happens when &quot;epistemic goods&quot; (education and information) are inequitably distributed. The research outcomes suggest that Baraza jurisprudence has the potential to avert epistemic injustice, and to promote a non-discriminatory treatment of accused former child and adolescent soldiers.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0927-5568",
doi="10.1163/15718182-29030006",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/15718182-29030006"
}