The right to reparation in international law for victims of armed conflict / Christine Evans.
2012
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Title
The right to reparation in international law for victims of armed conflict / Christine Evans.
Published
Cambridge, UK : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
Copyright
©2012
Call Number
KZ6785 .E93 2012
ISBN
9781107019973
1107019974
1107019974
Description
xx, 277 pages ; 24 cm.
System Control No.
(OCoLC)767825024
Summary
"In this evaluation of the international legal standing of the right to reparation and its practical implementation at the national level, Christine Evans outlines State responsibility and examines the jurisprudence of the International Court of Justice, the Articles on State Responsibility of the International Law Commission and the convergence of norms in different branches of international law, notably human rights law, humanitarian law and international criminal law. Case studies of countries in which the United Nations has played a significant role in peace negotiations and post-conflict processes allow her to analyse to what extent transitional justice measures have promoted State responsibility for reparations, interacted with human rights mechanisms and prompted subsequent elaboration of domestic legislation and reparations policies. In conclusion, she argues for an emerging customary right for individuals to receive reparations for serious violations of human rights and a corresponding responsibility of States"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
ix
Table of cases
xi
Table of treaties
xvii
List of abbreviations
xix
1.
Introduction
1
1.1.
Introduction and context
1
1.2.
Aim and objectives of the study
7
1.3.
Structure and outline
10
1.4.
Definition of key concepts
13
pt. I
Responsibility and legal standards
15
2.
State responsibility, the legal order and the development of legal norms for victims
17
2.1.
Introduction
17
2.2.
Recognition of human rights in customary law
18
2.3.
Recognition in general international law of individuals as beneficiaries of reparations
28
2.4.
Reparation in international humanitarian law
31
2.5.
Reparation in international human rights law
33
2.6.
Reparation provisions in regional human rights instruments
35
2.7.
Basic principles on the right to reparation for victims
36
2.8.
A customary right to reparation?
39
2.9.
Conclusions
42
3.
Human rights jurisprudence on reparations, international and regional
44
3.1.
Introduction
44
3.2.
The international human rights treaty body system
45
3.3.
The European system for human rights protection
57
3.4.
The Inter-American system for human rights protection
66
3.5.
The African system for human rights protection
76
3.6.
Conclusions
82
4.
Reparations in international criminal law
86
4.1.
Introduction
86
4.2.
Origins of reparation provisions in international criminal law
87
4.3.
Reparations and the ad hoc international tribunals
89
4.4.
Reparations in the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court
99
4.5.
International Criminal Court Trust Fund for Victims
105
4.6.
Steps backwards? The Special Panels for Serious Crimes in East Timor, the Special Court for Sierra Leone and the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia
110
4.7.
Contributing factors to the shift in the focus on victims' rights within international criminal law
117
4.8.
Conclusions
122
5.
Conclusions Part I - legal state of play: convergence of international law and reparation as an individual legal right with customary recognition
125
pt. II
Transferring standards into reality
129
6.
The role of the UN and the promotion of victims' rights and reparations in practice
131
6.1.
Introduction to transitional justice mechanisms and truth commissions
131
6.2.
The United Nations Compensation Commission
139
6.3.
Compensation in Darfur?
144
7.
Case study: reparations in Guatemala
146
7.1.
Introduction
146
7.2.
Brief historical background
147
7.3.
Peace negotiations
148
7.4.
Establishment and mandate of the Truth Commission
149
7.5.
Operational aspects of the Historical Clarification Commission
151
7.6.
The Final Report of the Historical Clarification Commission
152
7.7.
Follow-up and implementation of the recommendations regarding reparations
155
7.8.
Conclusions
161
8.
Case study: reparations in Sierra Leone
164
8.1.
Introduction
164
8.2.
Brief historical background
165
8.3.
Lome Peace Agreement
166
8.4.
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission Act of 2000
169
8.5.
Operational aspects of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission
172
8.6.
The relationship between the Truth Commission and the Special Court
174
8.7.
The Final Report of the Truth Commission and its Recommendations
176
8.8.
Follow-up and implementation of the recommendations regarding reparations
180
8.9.
Conclusions
183
9.
Case study: reparations in East Timor
185
9.1.
Introduction
185
9.2.
Brief historical background
186
9.3.
Prosecutions and the Truth Commission
188
9.4.
Establishment of the Commission for Reception, Truth and Reconciliation
189
9.5.
Operational aspects of the Commission for Reception, Truth and Reconciliation
191
9.6.
The Final Report of the Truth Commission and its Recommendations
195
9.7.
Follow-up and implementation of the recommendations regarding reparations
198
9.8.
Conclusions
201
10.
Case study: reparations in Colombia
203
10.1.
Introduction
203
10.2.
Brief historical background
204
10.3.
Negotiations with the paramilitaries
207
10.4.
The `Alternative Justice' bill
210
10.5.
Law 975 of 2005: La Ley de Justicia y Paz
211
10.6.
Reparations in Law 975 of 2005
213
10.7.
National Commission on Reparations and Reconciliation
215
10.8.
Administrative reparations programme
217
10.9.
The Law on Victims' Right to Comprehensive Reparation and Land Restitution: Law 1448
219
10.10.
Conclusions
220
11.
Conclusions Part II - reparations in practice: comparative analysis of practice, lessons learnt and future challenges
223
12.
Final remarks: the right to reparation and implementation of the legal norm: emerging convergence of law and practice?
231
Bibliography
239
Index
265