Reimagining Reparations in Human Rights: The Evolving Concept of Reparations in International Human Rights Law

by Otto Spijkers (Other), Iakovos Iakovidis (Other), Pierre Thielbïrger (Other), Elena Abrusci (Other)

Overview

This edited volume explores the evolution of reparations in human rights law. The book examines the complexities of collective reparations, and delves into inter-state disputes and their impact on the individual. This book also highlights innovative forms of reparation, including the exhumation and return of remains, creative symbolic reparations through art, and Indigenous music as a form of relational healing. Addressing pressing issues such as climate justice and the integration of development and reparations, this collection offers vital insights for advancing justice and reparation globally.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789004716735
Publisher:	Brill Nijhoff
Publication date:	12/18/2025
Series:	International Studies in Human Rights , #149
Pages:	272
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.00(d)

About the Author

Otto Spijkers is assistant professor of international and European law at Leiden University College (LUC), Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs of Leiden University.

Iakovos Iakovidis is a Greek Ambassador, who has served, among others, in Beijing, and at the Permanent Missions of Greece to the European Union and at the United Nations, in Brussels, New York and Geneva.

Pierre Thielbörger is Professor of German Public Law and International Law, including the Law of Peace and Armed Conflict, at the law faculty of Ruhr-University Bochum.