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6 Int'l Stud. J. 39 (2009)
Reparations for Victims as a Key Element of Transitional Justice in the Middle East Occupied Territories: A Legal and Institutional Approach

handle is hein.journals/isudijo6 and id is 679 raw text is: REPARATIONS FOR VICTIMS AS A KEY
ELEMENT OF TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE IN THE
MIDDLE EAST OCCUPIED TERRITORIES: A
LEGAL AND INSTITUTIONAL APPROACH
FERNANDO VAL-GARIJO
1. INTRODUCTION
Victims of human rights violations are entitled to obtain adequate and
effective reparation, that is, reparation which is proportional to the harm they
have suffered, as is being increasingly recognized in relevant international
law instruments. Justice for victims is crucial for achieving a lasting solution
to any conflict. In this respect, transitional justice; understood as a
systematic response to widespread human rights violations and international
humanitarian law violations derived from a protracted, violent conflict, must
* Assistant Professor, Public International Law, School of Law, UNED (National University
of Distance Learning), Madrid, Spain. fval@der.uned.es
International Studies Journal (ISJ), Vol. 6, No. 4, Spring 2010, pp. 39-62.

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