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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 by the surrendering side of a conflict, such as the World War I reparations paid by ...
In the 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 Humanitarian Law, reparation include the following forms: restitution, compensation, rehabilitation, satisfaction and guarantees of non-repetition, whereby
Restitution and unjust enrichment is the field of law relating to gains-based recovery. In contrast with damages (the law of compensation), restitution is a claim or remedy requiring a defendant to give up benefits wrongfully obtained. Liability for restitution is primarily governed by the "principle of unjust enrichment": A person who has been ...
Calls for reparations for enslaved men and women, and their descendants, have been made since the Civil War. But the federal government has never met them. 40 acres and a mule won't cut it anymore.
The Washington, D.C., city council approved a budget for next year that includes funds for a reparations task force scheduled to study restitution and to develop proposals to address the harms of ...
War reparations are often governed by treaties which belligerent parties negotiate as part of a peace settlement. [1] Payment of reparations often occur as part of a condition to remove occupying troops or under the threat of re-occupation. [1] The legal basis for war reparations in modern international law is Article 3 of the Hague Convention ...
The debate over whether or not the United States should pay reparations for slavery to African-American citizens continues even after last week's House Judiciary Committee hearing on the matter.
The Resolution prescribes that this can take five forms: restitution, compensation, rehabilitation, satisfaction, and the guarantee of non-repetition. This codifies the existing right to reparation which has been confirmed as an entitlement of customary international law. [27]