Customary international law provides the legal foundation for victims right to compensation. Various international treaties have recognized that victims of gross human rights violations and war crimes have a right to restitution, compensation, and rehabilitation. And the obligation to provide compensation for victims of injustice has become part of international humanitarian law. Article Eight of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, for example, states that everyone has the right to an effective remedy. And Article 10 of the American Convention on Human Rights refers to a right to be compensated in accordance with the law.] Such laws stress the importance of publicly recognizing the damages caused by injustice and of addressing the needs of victims.
Posted on: Fri, 27 Jun 2014 05:50:45 +0000
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