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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455548003321

Autore

Sarkin Jeremy

Titolo

Colonial genocide and reparations claims in the 21st century [[electronic resource] ] : the socio-legal context of claims under international law by the Herero against Germany for genocide in Namibia, 1904-1908 / / Jeremy Sarkin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Westport, Conn., : Praeger Security International, 2009

ISBN

1-282-42113-1

9786612421136

0-313-36257-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (320 p.)

Collana

PSI reports

Disciplina

345.6881/0251

Soggetti

Herero (African people) - Reparations

Reparations for historical injustices - Namibia

Electronic books.

Namibia History Herero Revolt, 1904-1907 Reparations

Germany Trials, litigation, etc

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-298) and index.

Nota di contenuto

The legacy of the Herero genocide on Namibia today -- The legal implications of gross human rights and humanitarian law violations committed from the nineteenth century onward -- The developing norm of reparations and apologies for historical claims : past, present and future.

Sommario/riassunto

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