Title
Reparation for victims of serious violations of international humanitarian law: New developments
Date Issued
01 April 2022
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Pérez-León-Acevedo J.P.
University of Seville
Abstract
This article aims to determine what important new developments have emerged in reparation for victims of serious violations of international humanitarian law (IHL). Our hypothesis is that there have been significant new developments in this area of particular relevance to IHL and that reparation for victims of serious violations of IHL is increasingly being incorporated into this body of law as one of its key components. It is submitted that the following developments are evidence of this gradual transformation of IHL: (i) broad recognition of the right of victims of serious violations of IHL to reparation; (ii) extension of the scope of the obligation to provide reparation under IHL to include non-State armed groups and individuals as well as States; (iii) the existence of innovative domestic reparation mechanisms complemented or supervised by regional courts, as evidenced by experiences in Latin America; and (iv) the reparation system of the International Criminal Court as a global mechanism.
Start page
1315
End page
1343
Volume
104
Issue
919
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Sociología
Derecho
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85132720726
Source
International Review of the Red Cross
ISSN of the container
18163831
Sponsor(s)
This article was partially supported by the Academy of Finland (project 325535).
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
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