Technical Competency
Trauma Awareness and Understanding
Professional Development:
As an individual or as part of continuing professional development of personnel, there are some resources which can be valuable in supporting the development and capacity building around this Murad Code Technical Competency.
Dart Centre Europe, “Reporting on Sexual Violence in Conflict Guidelines” (2021)
Section 5 Understand Trauma’s Continuing Impact on Memory and Feelings of Safety, available at https://www.coveringcrsv.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/CRSV_Downloadable_UK_Section5.pdf
Section 6 Understand How Your Own Emotional Wellbeing is Part of This Too, available at https://www.coveringcrsv.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/CRSV_Downloadable_UK_Section6.pdf
Synergy for Justice, “CARSV Stigma in Justice Toolkit” (2023), Myth Debunker – Myths about Trauma, available at https://toolkit.synergyforjustice.org/home
Judith Herman, “Trauma and Recovery: The aftermath of violence-from domestic abuse to political terror” (1997), Basic Books, available at https://dn710209.ca.archive.org/0/items/radfem-books/Trauma%20and%20Recovery_%20The%20Afterm%20-%20Judith%20L.%20Herman.pdf
Bessel van der Kolk, “The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma” (2015), Penguin Books, available at https://www.besselvanderkolk.com/resources/the-body-keeps-the-score
An Michels, Pantea Javidan, Eveline de Bruijn and Lisa M. Brown, “Integration of mental health and psychosocial support approaches in accountability mechanisms for atrocity crimes” (2024), Knowledge Platform: Security & Rule of Law, available at https://kpsrl.org/publication/integration-of-mental-health-and-psychosocial-support-approaches-in-accountability-mechanisms-for-atrocity-crimes
Louise Godbold, ECHO, Online Courses, available at https://www.echotraining.org/online-courses/
European Human Rights Advocacy Centre (EHRAC), “Guide: Trauma Informed Legal Practice for Lawyers Working with Adult Aurvivors of Human Rights Violations” (2022), available at https://ehrac.org.uk/en_gb/resources/guidelines-for-trauma-informed-legal-practice-for-lawyers-working-with-adult-survivors-of-human-rights-violations/
UNITAD, “Trauma-Informed Investigations Field Guide” (2022), available at https://everycasualty.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/2104429-trauma-informed_investigations_field_guide_web_0.pdf
WHO, “Psychological first aid: Guide for field workers” (2011), available at https://iris.who.int/server/api/core/bitstreams/e7e129fb-b306-496d-84a5-67bb70abc130/content
Red Cross Canada, online trainings on Psychological First Aid, available at https://www.redcross.ca/training-and-certification/course-descriptions/psychological-first-aid
Philipp Schulz, Anne-Kathrin Kreft, Heleen Touquet and Sarah Martin, “Self-care for gender-based violence researchers — Beyond bubble baths and chocolate pralines” (2022), Qualitative Research, 23(5), available at https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/14687941221087868
Roxanne Krystalli and Philip Schulz, “Taking Love and Care Seriously” (2022), International Studies Review, 24(1), available at https://academic.oup.com/isr/article/24/1/viac003/6527435?login=false.