Reparation for victims of crimes against humanity the healing role of reparation

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / Jo-Anne M. Wemmers -- Healing aspects of reparations and reparative justice for victims of crimes against humanity / Yael Danieli -- Reparation and recovery in the aftermath of widespread violence / Christophe Herbert, Charlie Rioux and Jo-Anne M. Wemmers -- Restoring justice for victims of crimes against humanity / Jo-Anne M. Wemmers -- Reparative justice at the International Criminal Cour t: best practice or tokenism? / Mariana Goetz -- It doesn't go away with time : victims' need for reparation following crimes against humanity / Amissi M. Manirabona and Jo-Anne M. Wemmers -- The prosecute or expel dilemma in far-away lands: alternative universal justice for victims of international crimes / Fannie Lafontaine -- Framing reparation claims for crimes against humanity : a social psychological perspective / Katherine Starzyk, Danielle Gaucher, Gregory Boese and Katelin Neufeld.

The healing and state? : residential schools and reparations in Canada / Andrew Woolford -- Transitional justice in Bosnia-Herzegovina: understanding accountability, reparation and justice for victims / Nicholas A. Jones, Stephan Parmentier, and Elmar G.M. Weitekamp -- The art of acknowledgement : re-imagining relationships in Northern Ireland / Jill Strauss -- The case for collective reparations before the International Criminal Court / Frâedâeric Mâegret -- Land, wars and restoring justice for victims / Gabriela Manrique Rueda -- Reparations through different lenses : the culture, rights and politics of healing and empowerment after mass atrocities / Hugo Van Der Merwe -- The healing role of reparation / Jo-Anne M. Wemmers.

"Each year, countless victims fall prey to crimes against humanity. These are among the worst crimes known to humans and include widespread occurrences of systematic murder, torture, rape, disappearances, forced deportation and political persecution. Crimes against humanity constitute an attack on human dignity and as such they violate the human rights of the victim, as well as the laws of humanity. In recent years, following the creation of the International Criminal Court, there has been a growing interest in the prosecution of offenders and in particular, in reparation following crimes against humanity. While such measures are meant to provide justice for victims, victims are often forgotten or lost in legal debates about what constitutes reparation and who is eligible to receive it. This book reaches beyond the boundaries of law and psychology and takes a multidisciplinary approach to the question of reparation for victims of crimes against humanity. Law does not take place in a vacuum and it is important to consider the impact of the law on the psychology of the victim, as well as the legal principles themselves. Herein lies the originality of this book, which bridges the gap between psychology, victimology, criminology and law and will be of key interest to academics and students engaged in the study of these areas"--