SOSC 2351 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Rainbow Nation, Universal Declaration Of Human Rights, International Humanitarian Law
31 Mar 2017
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Reparations = procedure for redressing hr violations. Goal of reparations = justice, recognition and healing. Encompass measures far beyond the legal system. 3 sources of claims (naidu and torpey: violations perpetrated during wwii, clarifying circumstances of previous repression, european colonialism and its depredations (also: korean comfort women" and internal colonialism") 2 types of claims (naidu and torpey: compensate the direct victims (eg. holocaust survivors, redress wrongs arising from a system of domination whose consequences persist into present (eg. american slavery, south african apartheid) Basic principles and guidelines on the right to a remedy and reparation for victims of gross. Violations of international human rights law and serious violations of international. Outlines remedies for victims of hr violations. Draws on international instruments (eg. un charter, udhr, iccpr) to frame the right of reparation. Provides definition of victim" and their right to justice.
