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Three experts address reparation for victims of armed conflict, drawing on international law practice, human rights courts, and domestic law.
List of contents
Introduction; 1. The Emergence of an Individual Right to Reparation for Victims of Armed Conflict Christian Marxsen; 2. Right to Reparation for Victims of Armed Conflict: The Intertwined Development of Substantive and Procedural Aspects Shuichi Furuya; 3. Operationalising the Right of Victims of War to Reparation Cristián Correa; 4. International Human Rights Adjudication, Subsidiarity and Reparation for Victims of Armed Conflict Clara Sandoval; 5. Reparation for Victims of Armed Conflict: At the Interface of International and National Law Anne Peters; Conclusion.
About the author
Cristián Correa is a senior expert at the International Center for Transitional Justice. He works on how to address the consequences of massive human rights violations in countries such as Côte d'Ivoire, Kenya, Sri Lanka, Colombia, Mexico and Peru. Before, he faced similar challenges as an advisor at the Presidency of Chile and at the National Commission on Political Imprisonment and Torture.Shuichi Furuya is a professor at Waseda Law School, and a member of the UN Human Rights Committee and of the International Humanitarian Fact-Finding Commission under the 1st Additional Protocol to the Geneva Conventions. He was a Co-Rapporteur of the ILA Committee on Reparation for Victims of Armed Conflict (2004–14). From the perspective of both international human rights law and humanitarian law, he is an expert on reparations issues.Clara Sandoval is Professor at the School of Law and Human Rights Centre at the University of Essex. She also teaches at the Geneva Academy. Clara has served as an expert on reparation before international tribunals such as the ICC and the Inter-American Court. She litigates before the Inter-American System, and has worked as a consultant for various UN bodies on reparation questions.
Summary
An in-depth study on the law of reparation for victims of armed conflict, drawing on three expert perspectives in 'trialogical' debate. It is relevant for academics, students of international law, practitioners, for the transitional justice community worldwide, in universal and regional organisations and in diverse countries.
