A1 Journal article (refereed)
Reparation Modalities at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) (2020)

Perez-Leon-Acevedo, J.-P. (2020). Reparation Modalities at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC). Law and Practice of International Courts and Tribunals, 19(3), 451-469. https://doi.org/10.1163/15718034-12341431

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Publication details

All authors or editors: Perez-Leon-Acevedo, Juan-Pablo

Journal or series: Law and Practice of International Courts and Tribunals

ISSN: 1569-1853

eISSN: 1571-8034

Publication year: 2020

Publication date: 27/11/2020

Volume: 19

Issue number: 3

Pages range: 451-469

Publisher: Brill

Publication country: Netherlands

Publication language: English

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1163/15718034-12341431

Publication open access: Not open

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Abstract

In the last decade, the ECCC has ordered reparations for victims of the Khmer Rouge’s mass atrocities committed in Cambodia during the 1970s. Various scholars have examined those reparations ordered by the ECCC. Yet, this is the first academic piece to assess the ECCC’s reparation modalities under the UN Reparation Principles, which contain key standards on reparations for victims of atrocities. Overall, the ECCC has ordered important rehabilitation, satisfaction and guarantees of non-repetition measures to redress victims’ harm. This is a meaningful current development with regard to reparations for victims of atrocities. However, the ECCC’s reparation law and practice exhibits some important deficits under the UN Reparation Principles. At the ECCC, restitution and compensation are excluded and the range of guarantees of non-repetition has been limited. Nonetheless, these deficits must be considered within the ECCC’s mandate as an internationalised criminal court.

Keywords: human rights violations; mass murder; special courts; indemnities; compensation (activity); contentment

Free keywords: reparations; ECCC; restitution; compensation; rehabilitation; satisfaction; guarantees of non-repetition

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Ministry reporting: Yes

Reporting Year: 2020

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