Dr. Evelin Gerda Lindner is a medical doctor, psychologistand Founding President of Human Dignity and HumiliationStudies. Her most recent book, Towards a World Order ofDignity: Conflict-Related Sexual Violence as a Lens onHumiliation, was commissioned by the United Nationsand published in 2026.
Once both sides understand that dehumanization is a distorted acknowledgment of the
other’s humanity rather than an erasure of it, they will be open to understanding the
cycles of violence we are witnessing and move toward ending, healing, and preventing
them.