Julie BERNATH
Adjunct researcher
Dr. Julie BERNATH is a senior researcher in the Dealing with the Past Program at the peace research institute swisspeace, and an affiliated researcher at the Research Institute on Contemporary Southeast Asia (IRASEC). She has conducted research on transitional justice and international interventions in Cambodia, and previously worked at the ECCC. Together with colleagues, she conducted a large-scale study on victim participation at the ECCC. She has published academic articles on various issues related to Cambodia’s transitional justice process, such as non-participation, the construction of victimhood and complex political victims. She has co-edited a Special Issue featuring contributions of Cambodian researchers on transitional justice and the ECCC. She also conducts research on diaspora mobilisation and transitional justice claims of refugees in the Syrian context.
