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Reparations and War: Finding Balance in Repairing the Past
For thousands of years, reparations have been used to alleviate the devastating consequences of war. More recently, human rights law has established that victims have a right to reparations. Yet, in the face of conflicts that last for decades with millions of victims, how feasible it is to deliver reparations? And what are the obstacles?
| Author(s) | By Luke Moffett (Law Reader, Law Reader, Queen's University Belfast). |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Format | Hardback |
| Pages | 336 |
| Published in | United Kingdom |
| Published | 20 Jan 2023 |
| Availability | Available |
For thousands of years, reparations have been used to alleviate the devastating consequences of war. More recently, human rights law has established that victims have a right to reparations. Yet, in the face of conflicts that last for decades with millions of victims, how feasible it is to deliver reparations? And what are the obstacles?
Introduction 1: The Concept of Reparations 2: Reparations as Balance 3: The Historical Development of Reparations in International Law 4: Reparations in Contemporary International Law 5: Victims and Redress: Victimhood, Harm and Claims-Making 6: Adm
Dr Luke Moffett is a Law Reader at Queen's University Belfast. He is Principal Investigator of the Arts and Humanities Research Council project 'Reparations, Responsibility and Victimhood in Transitional Societies'. He has written extensively on victims'
