Colonial Genocide and Reparations Claims in the 21st Century : the Socio-Legal Context of Claims under International Law by the Herero against Germany for Genocide in Namibia, 1904-1908.
More and more, the descendants of indigenous victims of genocide, land expropriation, forced labor, and other systematic human rights violations committed by colonial powers are seeking reparations under international law from the modern successor governments and corporations. As the number of colon...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Santa Barbara :
ABC-CLIO,
2008.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | More and more, the descendants of indigenous victims of genocide, land expropriation, forced labor, and other systematic human rights violations committed by colonial powers are seeking reparations under international law from the modern successor governments and corporations. As the number of colonial reparations cases increases, courts around the world are being asked to apply international law to determine whether reparations are due for atrocities and crimes that might have been committed long ago but whose lasting effects are alleged to injure the modern descendants of the victims. Sarkin. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (320 pages) |
ISBN: | 9780313362569 0313362564 1282421131 9781282421134 9780313362576 0313362572 |