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Reparations (transitional justice) Reparations are broadly understood as compensation given for an abuse or injury. [1] The colloquial meaning of reparations has changed substantively over the last century. In the early 1900s, reparations were interstate exchanges (see war reparations) that were punitive mechanisms determined by treaty and paid ...
OHCHR and transitional justice. Select. Victims have a right to reparation. This refers to measures to redress violations of human rights by providing a range of material and symbolic benefits to victims or their families as well as affected communities. Reparation must be adequate, effective, prompt, and should be proportional to the gravity ...
Reparations should be designed and implemented in ways that can transform these unequal and unjust conditions. Most victims see reparations as the most direct and meaningful way to obtain justice. Yet, reparations are “rarely prioritized” and are often the least-funded measure of transitional justice.
UN, Human Rights Council, Report of the Special Rapporteur on the promotion of truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of non- recurrence, Pablo de Greiff, A/HRC/21/46, 9 August 2012, para. 20, citing Report of the UN SecretaryGeneral, The rule of law and transitional justice in conflict and post- -conflict societies, S/2004/616, 3 August 2004.
About transitional justice and human rights. Transitional justice covers the full range of processes and mechanisms associated with a society’s attempt to come to terms with a legacy of large-scale past conflict, repression, violations and abuses, in order to ensure accountability, serve justice and achieve reconciliation (explained further ...
Special Rapporteur on the promotion of truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence. Purpose of the mandate. In situations of transition from conflict or authoritarian rule where there have been gross violations of human rights and serious violations of international humanitarian law, the Special Rapporteur focuses on the measures adopted by the relevant authorities to guarantee ...
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Feb 4, 2021 · Introduction. Transitional justice is, in many aspects, a field still in evolution. This article will trace the extent to which it has evolved, and what more it must do, through the following inquiry: how can reparations, as a ‘pillar’ of transitional justice, move beyond individual redress to pursue structural socio-economic reform in post-conflict societies?
