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Introduction : Human rights with a view to history = 1
Part 1. Reparations at the national and regional levels
African American Redress Movement: the quest for atonement, by R. Brooks = 13
Current claims, regional experiences, pressing problems: identification of the salient issues and pressing problems in an African post-colonial perspective, by T. Thipanyane = 33
The issue of compensation for colonialism and slavery at the World Conference Against Racism: a fine balance between rhetoric and legality, by S. Chakma = 57
The Gacaca jurisdictions: a solution to the challenge of the Rwandan judicial settlement? by E. Hvidt Thelle = 73
Bombs and butter: compensation issues in protracted conflicts and the case of Afghanistan, by A. Strand = 109
Accessibility - a precondition for reparation? The case of the Nigerien Commission on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, by L. Krabbe Boserup and M. Mohammed Cisse = 137
Part 2. Precedence and standing of international law
Restitution claims for massive violations of human rights during the Nazi regime - the Austrian case, by U. Kriebaum = 163
Damage and redress in the jurisprudence of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (1979-2001), by V. Madrigal-Borloz = 211
The right to reparation of victims of gross human rights violations, by M. Nowak = 275
The right to reparation of victims of racial discrimination in human rights law, by K. Myntti = 309
Part 3. The moral and social aspects of reparation
Moral integrity and reparations to Africa, by R. Howard-Hassmann = 341
The moral case for reparations: three theses about reparations for past wrongs, by G. Ulrich = 369
Review essay: reparatory justice - a road to reconciliation? On the role of reparations in transitional justice theory, by S. Gloppen = 285
Part 4. Reflections
Legal settlements as a form of cultural politics: a moral and historical framework for the right to reparations, by E. Barkan = 405
The right to compensation and related remedies for racial discrimination, by T. van Boven = 425
Contributors and editors = 433
Annex = 435
Introduction : Human rights with a view to history = 1
Part 1. Reparations at the national and regional levels
African American Redress Movement: the quest for atonement, by R. Brooks = 13
Current claims, regional experiences, pressing problems: identification of the salient issues and pressing problems in an African post-colonial perspective, by T. Thipanyane = 33
The issue of compensation for colonialism and slavery at the World Conference Against Racism: a fine balance between rhetoric and legality, by S. Chakma = 57
The Gacaca jurisdictions: a solution to the challenge of the Rwandan judicial settlement? by E. Hvidt Thelle = 73
Bombs and butter: compensation issues in protracted conflicts and the case of Afghanistan, by A. Strand = 109
Accessibility - a precondition for reparation? The case of the Nigerien Commission on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, by L. Krabbe Boserup and M. Mohammed Cisse = 137
Part 2. Precedence and standing of international law
Restitution claims for massive violations of human rights during the Nazi regime - the Austrian case, by U. Kriebaum = 163
Damage and redress in the jurisprudence of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (1979-2001), by V. Madrigal-Borloz = 211
The right to reparation of victims of gross human rights violations, by M. Nowak = 275
The right to reparation of victims of racial discrimination in human rights law, by K. Myntti = 309
Part 3. The moral and social aspects of reparation
Moral integrity and reparations to Africa, by R. Howard-Hassmann = 341
The moral case for reparations: three theses about reparations for past wrongs, by G. Ulrich = 369
Review essay: reparatory justice - a road to reconciliation? On the role of reparations in transitional justice theory, by S. Gloppen = 285
Part 4. Reflections
Legal settlements as a form of cultural politics: a moral and historical framework for the right to reparations, by E. Barkan = 405
The right to compensation and related remedies for racial discrimination, by T. van Boven = 425
Contributors and editors = 433
Annex = 435