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 /
Author / Creator: | Sarkin-Hughes, Jeremy. |
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Imprint: | Westport, Conn. : Praeger Security International, 2009. |
Description: | ix, 308 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
Language: | English |
Series: | PSI reports PSI reports (Westport, Conn.) |
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Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7478652 |
Summary: | 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 analyzes the thorny issues of international law raised in such suits by focusing on groundbreaking cases in which he is involved as legal advisor to the paramount chief of the Herero people of Namibia. In 2001, the Herero became the first ethnic group to seek reparations under the legal definition of genocide by bringing multi-billion-dollar suits against Germany and German companies in a number of U.S. federal courts under the Alien Torts Claim Act of 1789. |
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Physical Description: | ix, 308 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-298) and index. |
ISBN: | 9780313362569 (alk. paper) 0313362564 (alk. paper) |