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Manas is an international organisation committed to promoting healing-centred responses to mass violence. By working together, we can nurture equitable opportunities for recovery.

manas

We bring decades of frontline clinical experience in using cultural and trauma-sensitive approaches to enhance interventions in the multiple fields involved in the justice and recovery of victims, perpetrators, and communities decimated by mass violence.

Find out more about Who we are, and Our mission.

Our Services

  • Building bridges between research and action

  • Supporting recovery from mass violence

  • Promoting a trauma-informed and healing-centred engagement

  • Empowering the voices of survivors

manas

Our Expertise

Understanding the impact of mass violence

  • Conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV) and torture

  • Perpetrating violence

Shaping interventions 

  • Peacebuilding, Transitional and Criminal Justice

  • Supporting the Healing

Developing trauma-informed architecture of restorative spaces
manas

Transitional Justice

Guidance & Reflectivity

Building A Child-Sensitive Justice in Ukrainechild protectionCAACyouthscriminal justicevictimsCRSVdocumentationjustice rapid responseprotectionMHPSSfrontlinewell beingsecondary traumaPTSD
manas

Juvenile Justice

Strategic guidance

Psychological-social analysis of the genocidal sexual violence against RohingyasIntersectionalLawPsychologyMedicinePhysical injuryinternational criminal justiceRohingyasgenocidepsychological evidencetortureLegal Action Worldwidecommunityperpetratorsanthropologyresearchcollective violenceatrocitiesvictimsCRSVSGBVsexual violencedocumentationhuman rightsjustice rapid responsemass violenceMHPSSwell beingtraumaPTSD
manas

International Justice

Research report

Supporting a Trauma-Informed and Healing-Centred Justice in Ukrainepartnershipukrainechild-friendlyaccountabilitychild protectionCAACperpetratorshealingatrocitiescriminal justicevictimsCRSVhuman rightsinterventionwell beingtrauma
manas

International Justice

Partnership

Understanding the administration of death and mass killings in genocidesmass killingdeathholocaustRichard RechtmanPsychologygenocideperpetratorsanthropologyresearchcollective violencemass sufferingatrocitiescriminal justicevictimsCRSVhuman rightsmass violencePTSD
manas

Anthropology of mass killers

Academic book

Enabling a voice for CRSV survivors during PSVI advocacy eventscollective violencemass sufferingatrocitiescriminal justicecrimesurvivorsvictimsPSVIFCDOconferenceadvocacyCRSVSGBVsexual violencedocumentationhuman rightsjustice rapid responseprotectionmass violenceMHPSSinterventionfrontlineactivistssupervisionhumanitarianwell beingsecondary traumareflective practicetraumaPTSDvicarious trauma
manas

CRSV activism

Trauma-Reflexivity

Living with the Nepalese so-called child soldiers from the People’s Warethnographyarmed conflictwarCAAFAGstressorsPsychologychild protectionarmed groupsCAACcommunitychild soldiersperpetratorsanthropologyresearchDDRyouthscollective violencemass sufferinghuman rightsMHPSSfrontlineactivistswell beingresiliencetraumaPTSD
manas

CAAC Reintegration

Academic paper

Advocating for the recognition of sexual violence and torture during the Nepalese conflictaccountabilityrecoveryNepalInequalityactivismwarPeacebuildingperpetratorscollective violencemass sufferingcriminal justicevictimsadvocacyCRSVhuman rightsprotectionfrontlineactivistswell being
manas

Advocacy for justice

Examining Humanitarian International Protection in the CongoDRCCongochild protectionarmed groupsCAACPeacebuildingcommunitychild soldiersanthropologyresearchDDRyouthsvictimsadvocacyCRSVsexual violenceprotectioninterventionactivistshumanitarian
manas

Framework for intervention

Academic book

Exploring Peacebuilding and MHPSS within a cultural framework in CARRepublique centrafricaineRCAPeacebuildingcommunityConciliation Resourceschild soldierscultureperpetratorsanthropologypolicyex combatantsresearchDDRprogrammereintegrationrehabilitationyouthshealingtraditional healingmental healthmental illnessritualscollective violenceCARmass sufferingCentral African RepublicpracticeatrocitiessurvivorsvictimsadvocacyCRSVSGBVsexual violencetraininghuman rightsmass violenceMHPSSinterventionfrontlinehumanitarianwell beingsecondary traumaresiliencetraumaPTSD
manas

Reintegration

Research and Policy

The empire of trauma: an inquiry into the condition of victimhoodThe empire of traumaRichard RechtmanL'Empire du traumatismeDSMPsychologycommunityanthropologyresearchhealingmass sufferingvictimshuman rightsMHPSSinterventionfrontlinehumanitarianwell beingtraumaPTSD
manas

Anthropology of trauma

Academic book

Preventing and responding to the recruitment and use of child soldiers in contemporary conflictsextreme violenceUNICEFDPKOclaudia Seymourchild protectionguidelinesarmed groupsCAACguidancecrime against humanitycommunitychild soldiersperpetratorspolicyresearchDDRyouthshealingcollective violencemass sufferingatrocitiessurvivorsvictimsadvocacyCRSVSGBVhuman rightsinterventionfrontlinehumanitarianwell beingtrauma
manas

DDR - CAAC

Technical note

Supporting reparative justice for CRSV victims from the Kosovo conflict
manas

Justice - CRSV

Training Reflexivity

Training and reflective practice on secondary trauma for investigators of CRSVcollective violencemass sufferingatrocitiescriminal justicevictimsCRSVSGBVsexual violenceinvestigationdocumentationtrainingwebinarOHCHRhuman rightsjustice rapid responseUN Womenmass violenceMHPSSinterventionfrontlineactivistssupervisionhumanitarianwell beingsecondary traumareflective practiceresiliencetraumaPTSDvicarious trauma
manas

CRSV Investigations

Training - Reflexivity

Facilitating trauma-informed participation to Wilton Park advocacy events
manas

Supporting advocacy

Reflexivity

Exploring the reintegration of LRA abductees and LRA-affected communitiesLord Resistance ArmyLRAabductionkidnappingSouth SudanDRCRDCCongotransgenerational traumaPsychologyUNICEFarmed groupsCAACPeacebuildingcommunityConciliation ResourcesperpetratorsanthropologypolicyresearchDDRreintegrationrehabilitationyouthshealingmass sufferingcriminal justicesurvivorsCRSVhuman rightsprotectionmass violenceinterventionhumanitarianresiliencetraumaPTSD
manas

DDR - CAAC - CRSV

Research and policy

Providing a psychological and anthropological understanding of MHPSS for the Ebola response
manas

Strategic Guidance

Policies - Services

Protecting frontline professionals exposed to mass and on-going sufferingpracticeprotectionmass violenceMHPSSinterventionfrontlineactivistssupervisionhumanitarianwell beingsecondary traumareflective practiceresiliencetraumaPTSDvicarious trauma
manas

Secondary trauma

Reflexivity

A cultural history of psychological trauma
manas

Keynote from our expert Prof. Richard Rechtman  

Reparations: what role for cultural psychological insights?
Émilie joins the 5th African Union-European Union expert seminar to discuss reparations within Transitional Justice in Nigeria
“The Khmers rouges did not simply wish to kill, but to destroy beyond the individuals”
Richard is interviewed by Libération for the 50th anniversary of the genocide in Cambodia
The path to Victims-Centric Transitional Justice in Nepal
Gita shares her reflections in Doughty Street Chambers, London
A new chapter for Rohingya women?

Ambia argues for women's essential role in the Rohingya struggle (Rohingya Refugee News)

Geneva, this is Goma. Do you read me? Over.
Claudia writes about transforming violence in Eastern DRC
Eliminating coercive practices in mental health globally

Greg facilitates a global training webinar for WHO qualityrights

Rohingya refugees: what can Médecins Sans Frontières do?
Émilie  speaks at MSF CRASH conference in Paris
Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Claudia reflects with Women 17, "Conversations with global women changing the world"

Insight into the concept of resilience
Richard is interviewed for the International Panel on Exiting Violence
No Law, No Justice, No State for Victims
Gita speaks to Human Rights Watch about the Culture of Impunity in Post-Conflict Nepal
“We really respect that courage and remind them of that.”
Greg is interviewed about supporting the mental health of refugees

Manas is an international organisation committed to promoting healing-centred responses to mass violence. By working together, we can nurture equitable opportunities for recovery.

manas

We bring decades of frontline clinical experience in using cultural and trauma-sensitive approaches to enhance interventions in the multiple fields involved in the justice and recovery of victims, perpetrators, and communities decimated by mass violence.

Find out more about Who we are, and Our mission.

Our Services

  • Building bridges between research and action

  • Supporting recovery from mass violence

  • Promoting a trauma-informed and healing-centred engagement

  • Empowering the voices of survivors

manas

Our Expertise

Understanding the impact of mass violence

  • Conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV) and torture

  • Perpetrating violence

Shaping interventions 

  • Peacebuilding, Transitional and Criminal Justice

  • Supporting the Healing

Developing trauma-informed architecture of restorative spaces
manas

Transitional Justice

Guidance & Reflectivity

Building A Child-Sensitive Justice in Ukrainechild protectionCAACyouthscriminal justicevictimsCRSVdocumentationjustice rapid responseprotectionMHPSSfrontlinewell beingsecondary traumaPTSD
manas

Juvenile Justice

Strategic guidance

Psychological-social analysis of the genocidal sexual violence against RohingyasIntersectionalLawPsychologyMedicinePhysical injuryinternational criminal justiceRohingyasgenocidepsychological evidencetortureLegal Action Worldwidecommunityperpetratorsanthropologyresearchcollective violenceatrocitiesvictimsCRSVSGBVsexual violencedocumentationhuman rightsjustice rapid responsemass violenceMHPSSwell beingtraumaPTSD
manas

International Justice

Research report

Supporting a Trauma-Informed and Healing-Centred Justice in Ukrainepartnershipukrainechild-friendlyaccountabilitychild protectionCAACperpetratorshealingatrocitiescriminal justicevictimsCRSVhuman rightsinterventionwell beingtrauma
manas

International Justice

Partnership

Understanding the administration of death and mass killings in genocidesmass killingdeathholocaustRichard RechtmanPsychologygenocideperpetratorsanthropologyresearchcollective violencemass sufferingatrocitiescriminal justicevictimsCRSVhuman rightsmass violencePTSD
manas

Anthropology of mass killers

Academic book

Enabling a voice for CRSV survivors during PSVI advocacy eventscollective violencemass sufferingatrocitiescriminal justicecrimesurvivorsvictimsPSVIFCDOconferenceadvocacyCRSVSGBVsexual violencedocumentationhuman rightsjustice rapid responseprotectionmass violenceMHPSSinterventionfrontlineactivistssupervisionhumanitarianwell beingsecondary traumareflective practicetraumaPTSDvicarious trauma
manas

CRSV activism

Trauma-Reflexivity

Living with the Nepalese so-called child soldiers from the People’s Warethnographyarmed conflictwarCAAFAGstressorsPsychologychild protectionarmed groupsCAACcommunitychild soldiersperpetratorsanthropologyresearchDDRyouthscollective violencemass sufferinghuman rightsMHPSSfrontlineactivistswell beingresiliencetraumaPTSD
manas

CAAC Reintegration

Academic paper

Advocating for the recognition of sexual violence and torture during the Nepalese conflictaccountabilityrecoveryNepalInequalityactivismwarPeacebuildingperpetratorscollective violencemass sufferingcriminal justicevictimsadvocacyCRSVhuman rightsprotectionfrontlineactivistswell being
manas

Advocacy for justice

Examining Humanitarian International Protection in the CongoDRCCongochild protectionarmed groupsCAACPeacebuildingcommunitychild soldiersanthropologyresearchDDRyouthsvictimsadvocacyCRSVsexual violenceprotectioninterventionactivistshumanitarian
manas

Framework for intervention

Academic book

Exploring Peacebuilding and MHPSS within a cultural framework in CARRepublique centrafricaineRCAPeacebuildingcommunityConciliation Resourceschild soldierscultureperpetratorsanthropologypolicyex combatantsresearchDDRprogrammereintegrationrehabilitationyouthshealingtraditional healingmental healthmental illnessritualscollective violenceCARmass sufferingCentral African RepublicpracticeatrocitiessurvivorsvictimsadvocacyCRSVSGBVsexual violencetraininghuman rightsmass violenceMHPSSinterventionfrontlinehumanitarianwell beingsecondary traumaresiliencetraumaPTSD
manas

Reintegration

Research and Policy

The empire of trauma: an inquiry into the condition of victimhoodThe empire of traumaRichard RechtmanL'Empire du traumatismeDSMPsychologycommunityanthropologyresearchhealingmass sufferingvictimshuman rightsMHPSSinterventionfrontlinehumanitarianwell beingtraumaPTSD
manas

Anthropology of trauma

Academic book

Preventing and responding to the recruitment and use of child soldiers in contemporary conflictsextreme violenceUNICEFDPKOclaudia Seymourchild protectionguidelinesarmed groupsCAACguidancecrime against humanitycommunitychild soldiersperpetratorspolicyresearchDDRyouthshealingcollective violencemass sufferingatrocitiessurvivorsvictimsadvocacyCRSVSGBVhuman rightsinterventionfrontlinehumanitarianwell beingtrauma
manas

DDR - CAAC

Technical note

Supporting reparative justice for CRSV victims from the Kosovo conflict
manas

Justice - CRSV

Training Reflexivity

Training and reflective practice on secondary trauma for investigators of CRSVcollective violencemass sufferingatrocitiescriminal justicevictimsCRSVSGBVsexual violenceinvestigationdocumentationtrainingwebinarOHCHRhuman rightsjustice rapid responseUN Womenmass violenceMHPSSinterventionfrontlineactivistssupervisionhumanitarianwell beingsecondary traumareflective practiceresiliencetraumaPTSDvicarious trauma
manas

CRSV Investigations

Training - Reflexivity

Facilitating trauma-informed participation to Wilton Park advocacy events
manas

Supporting advocacy

Reflexivity

Exploring the reintegration of LRA abductees and LRA-affected communitiesLord Resistance ArmyLRAabductionkidnappingSouth SudanDRCRDCCongotransgenerational traumaPsychologyUNICEFarmed groupsCAACPeacebuildingcommunityConciliation ResourcesperpetratorsanthropologypolicyresearchDDRreintegrationrehabilitationyouthshealingmass sufferingcriminal justicesurvivorsCRSVhuman rightsprotectionmass violenceinterventionhumanitarianresiliencetraumaPTSD
manas

DDR - CAAC - CRSV

Research and policy

Providing a psychological and anthropological understanding of MHPSS for the Ebola response
manas

Strategic Guidance

Policies - Services

Protecting frontline professionals exposed to mass and on-going sufferingpracticeprotectionmass violenceMHPSSinterventionfrontlineactivistssupervisionhumanitarianwell beingsecondary traumareflective practiceresiliencetraumaPTSDvicarious trauma
manas

Secondary trauma

Reflexivity

A cultural history of psychological trauma
manas

Keynote from our expert Prof. Richard Rechtman  

Reparations: what role for cultural psychological insights?
Émilie joins the 5th African Union-European Union expert seminar to discuss reparations within Transitional Justice in Nigeria
“The Khmers rouges did not simply wish to kill, but to destroy beyond the individuals”
Richard is interviewed by Libération for the 50th anniversary of the genocide in Cambodia
The path to Victims-Centric Transitional Justice in Nepal
Gita shares her reflections in Doughty Street Chambers, London
A new chapter for Rohingya women?

Ambia argues for women's essential role in the Rohingya struggle (Rohingya Refugee News)

Geneva, this is Goma. Do you read me? Over.
Claudia writes about transforming violence in Eastern DRC
Eliminating coercive practices in mental health globally

Greg facilitates a global training webinar for WHO qualityrights

Rohingya refugees: what can Médecins Sans Frontières do?
Émilie  speaks at MSF CRASH conference in Paris
Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Claudia reflects with Women 17, "Conversations with global women changing the world"

Insight into the concept of resilience
Richard is interviewed for the International Panel on Exiting Violence
No Law, No Justice, No State for Victims
Gita speaks to Human Rights Watch about the Culture of Impunity in Post-Conflict Nepal
“We really respect that courage and remind them of that.”
Greg is interviewed about supporting the mental health of refugees