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Out of the ashes : reparation for victims of gross and systematic human rights violations / K. De Feyter [and others] (eds.) ; with a preface by Theo van Boven.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextPublication details: Antwerp : Intersentia, 2005.Description: xix, 522 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9050954510
  • 9789050954518
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • K970 .O98 2005
Contents:
From publisher's web site: PART ONE. GENERAL FRAMEWORK. The United Nations Principles and Guidelines on Reparations: Context and Contents / Dinah Shelton -- Victims and Citizens: The Discourse of Reparation(s) at the Dawn of the New Millennium / John Torpey -- PART TWO. KEY ISSUES. Reparation as a Component of Transitional Justice: Pursuing Reparative Justice in the Aftermath of Violent Conflict / Rama Mani -- Deserving and Undeserving Victims: Political Context and Legal Framework of Hard Cases of Reparation / Elazar Barkan -- Victims' Expectations, Needs and Perspectives After Gross and Systematic Human Rights Violations / Martien Schotsmans -- The Dilemmas of Reparations: in Search of a Process-Driven Approach / Brandon Hamber -- Reparations for Gross Human Rights Violations as an Outcome of Criminal Versus Civil Court Proceedings / Jeremy Sarkin -- PART THREE. CASE STUDIES. The Expanding Scope and Impact of Reparations Awarded by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights / Douglas Cassel -- The Trust Fund for Victims of the International Criminal Court: Between Possibilities and Constraints / Pablo De Greiff and Marieke Wierda -- Reparation by the Human Rights Chamber for Bosnia and Herzegovina / Manfred Nowak -- Reparation Practices in Sierra Leone and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission / William A. Schabas -- Reparation for Victims in Rwanda: Caught Between Theory and Practice / Heidy Rombouts and Stef Vandeginste -- PART FOUR. ANTWERP/LEUVEN RESEARCH PROJECT. The Right to Reparation for Victims of Gross and Systematic Violations of Human Rights / Heidy Rombouts, Pietro Sardaro and Stef Vandeginste -- CONCLUSIONS.
Summary: "This volume contains the contributions presented at an international conference in Brussels, in February 2005, on the right to reparation for victims of serious human rights violations. It also includes the final report of a research project undertaken jointly at the Universities of Antwerp (UA) and Leuven (K.U. Leuven) between 2000 and 2004 on the right to reparation in international law for victims of gross and systematic human rights violations, both from a legal and a socio-political perspective. The present volume is aimed at academics, policy-makers, national and international courts and tribunals, the legal professions, and civil society at large"--Publisher's web site.
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Includes bibliographical references.

From publisher's web site: PART ONE. GENERAL FRAMEWORK. The United Nations Principles and Guidelines on Reparations: Context and Contents / Dinah Shelton -- Victims and Citizens: The Discourse of Reparation(s) at the Dawn of the New Millennium / John Torpey -- PART TWO. KEY ISSUES. Reparation as a Component of Transitional Justice: Pursuing Reparative Justice in the Aftermath of Violent Conflict / Rama Mani -- Deserving and Undeserving Victims: Political Context and Legal Framework of Hard Cases of Reparation / Elazar Barkan -- Victims' Expectations, Needs and Perspectives After Gross and Systematic Human Rights Violations / Martien Schotsmans -- The Dilemmas of Reparations: in Search of a Process-Driven Approach / Brandon Hamber -- Reparations for Gross Human Rights Violations as an Outcome of Criminal Versus Civil Court Proceedings / Jeremy Sarkin -- PART THREE. CASE STUDIES. The Expanding Scope and Impact of Reparations Awarded by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights / Douglas Cassel -- The Trust Fund for Victims of the International Criminal Court: Between Possibilities and Constraints / Pablo De Greiff and Marieke Wierda -- Reparation by the Human Rights Chamber for Bosnia and Herzegovina / Manfred Nowak -- Reparation Practices in Sierra Leone and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission / William A. Schabas -- Reparation for Victims in Rwanda: Caught Between Theory and Practice / Heidy Rombouts and Stef Vandeginste -- PART FOUR. ANTWERP/LEUVEN RESEARCH PROJECT. The Right to Reparation for Victims of Gross and Systematic Violations of Human Rights / Heidy Rombouts, Pietro Sardaro and Stef Vandeginste -- CONCLUSIONS.

"This volume contains the contributions presented at an international conference in Brussels, in February 2005, on the right to reparation for victims of serious human rights violations. It also includes the final report of a research project undertaken jointly at the Universities of Antwerp (UA) and Leuven (K.U. Leuven) between 2000 and 2004 on the right to reparation in international law for victims of gross and systematic human rights violations, both from a legal and a socio-political perspective. The present volume is aimed at academics, policy-makers, national and international courts and tribunals, the legal professions, and civil society at large"--Publisher's web site.

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