Reparations for Victims of Genocide, War Crimes and Crimes against Humanity

Carla Ferstman, DPhil (Oxon) 2015, is Senior Lecturer at the University of Essex, School of Law. She has published widely on human rights and international law, and is the former Director of REDRESS (2004 – 2018).Mariana Goetz, LLM (LSE), is Founder Director of Rights for Peace. She has worked on post conflict justice and reparations at REDRESS from (2006 – 2014) where she was also the Deputy Director.

• ForewordJudge Elizabeth Odio BenitoIntroductory Remarks Clemens N. Nathan (1933–2015)Notes on ContributorsIntroduction to the Second EditionCarla Ferstman and Mariana GoetzPart 1Reparations for Victims: Cross-Cutting Themes1 Victims’ Rights to a Remedy and Reparation: the United Nations Principles and Guidelines Theo van Boven2 Massive Trauma and the Healing Role of Reparative Justice: an UpdateYael Danieli3 Gender and Reparations: Seeking Transformative JusticeEmily JonesPart 2Reparations and the Holocaust4 Seeking Redress for Hitler’s Victims: Personal Remembrances Benjamin B. Ferencz, with Michael J. Bazyler and Kristen L. Nelson5 Guided by the Terezin Declaration: a Review of Restitution of Stolen Jewish Property after the Holocaust Michael J. Bazyler, Kathryn Lee Boyd, Kristen L. Nelson and Rajika L. Shah6 The Swiss Banks Holocaust Settlement Judah Gribetz and Shari C. Reig7 The Claims Conference and the Historic Jewish Efforts for Holocaust-Related Compensation and RestitutionGideon Taylor, Greg Schneider, Saul Kagan z”l and Karen HeiligPart 3Reparations and Mass Victimisation8 Overcoming Evidentiary Weaknesses in Reparation Claims Programmes Heike Niebergall9 Reparations and Victim Participation: Experiences with the Design and Implementation of Domestic Reparations ProgrammesCristián Correa, Julie Guillerot and Lisa Magarrell10 Reparation for Sexual Exploitation and Abuse in the (Post) Conflict Context: the Need to Address Abuses by Peacekeepers and Humanitarian Aid WorkersCarla Ferstman11 Responses of Regional Human Rights Courts and Commissions to Mass Violations Lutz Oette12 The Inter-American Human Rights System and Reparations to Overcome Impunity Elizabeth Abi-Mershed13 Reparation for Gross Violations of Human Rights Law and International Humanitarian Law at the International Court of JusticeConor McCarthyPart 4Reparations in International Criminal Law Adjudication14 The Role of Victims’ Lawyers in Reparation ClaimsLuc Walleyn15 Compensation for Victims of Chemical Warfare in Iraq and Iran through Domestic Criminal and Civil Proceedings in the NetherlandsLiesbeth Zegveld16 Victims’ Experiences of the International Criminal Court’s Reparations Mandate in the Democratic Republic of the CongoMariana Goetz17 Reparations at the icc: the Need for a Human Rights Based Approach to EffectivenessCarla Ferstman18 Reparations at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of CambodiaChristoph Sperfeldt19 Too Soon until It Got Too Late: Making reparations a reality for Hissène Habré’s victimsNader Iskandar DiabPart 5Reparations in National Contexts20 The Argentinean Reparations Programme for Grave Violations of Human Rights Perpetrated during the Last Military Dictatorship(1976–1983)Andrea Gualde and Natalia Luterstein21 Go Big or Go Home? Lessons Learned from the Colombian Victims’ Reparation SystemNelson Camilo Sánchez and Clara Sandoval-Villalba22 Reparations in Dayton’s Bosnia and HerzegovinaCarla Ferstman and Sheri P. Rosenberg (1967–2015)23 Reparations for Victims of War within the Western Balkans EU Accession Negotiations: Serbia Case StudyMilica Kostić and Sandra Orlović24 Debating and Litigating Post-Genocide Reparations in the Rwandan ContextFelix Mukwiza Ndahinda25 Reparations for Apartheid-Era Victims in South Africa: the Unfinished Business of the Truth and Reconciliation CommissionAnnah Moyo, Maxine Rubin and Hugo van der Merwe26 Struggling for Reparations in Northern IrelandLuke Moffett27 Raahat ki Ahaat: Reparation in Post-Conflict NepalSarah Fulton and Mandira Sharma28 Transitional Justice – Without the Transition? Considering A Path To Reparations For The Syrian PeopleSareta Ashraph