Womanhood & International Relations

151. Dr. Luke Moffett on Reparations in Post-Conflict Societies

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What are reparations and how are they different from other transitional justice mechanisms? How are reparations from war different from those of dictatorships, legacies of slavery and colonization? Do reparations help people "heal", individually and collectively, wounds from the past? If so, how? 

What is our role in agreeing upon or legitimizing a "hierarchy of victims"?  How do we perceive justice for victims? Can justice ever arrive "too late"? Do victims really feel a sense of “closure” when reparations talks and programs take place? Can victims "self-repair"? What can we learn from the case studies of Guatemala, Peru, Northern Ireland, Uganda, Nepal, South Africa and Kosovo? 

An interview with Dr. Luke Moffett, reader of the School of Law at Queen's University Belfast and author of the new book "Reparations and War: Finding the Balance in Repairing the Past". 

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    • Recommended links of this episode:

    • Dr. Luke Moffett University Profile
    • Reparations and War: Finding Balance in Repairing the Past
    • Reparations, Responsibility and Victimhood in Transitional Societies Official Website
    • Finding a way to live with the past: ‘self-repair’, ‘informal repair’, and reparations in transitional justice
    • Reparations Database
    • Forms of Justice: A Guide to Designing Reparations Application Forms and Registration Processes for Victims of Human Rights Violations
    • Watch the conference " Promoting Reparations for Victims of Conflict" 
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