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George Washington University Law School

Domestic Reparations Programs

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Transnational Mass Claim Processes (Tmcps) In International Law And Practice, Arturo J. Carrillo, Jason Scott Palmer Jan 2010

Transnational Mass Claim Processes (Tmcps) In International Law And Practice, Arturo J. Carrillo, Jason Scott Palmer

GW Law Faculty Publications & Other Works

This article recognizes a growing overlap in the literature between international mass claims processes (“IMCPS”) and transitional justice claims processes (“TJCPs”), i.e. domestic reparations programs adopted by successor governments in the wake of mass atrocity. This convergence is reflected in a number of recent publications in both fields that promote the comparative analysis of IMCPs and TJCPs, which in turn, leads to the conclusion that the two processes share a number of analogous characteristics. Commentators tend to view these ostensibly shared traits as a natural source of “best practices” or “lessons” transferable between mass claims procedures in the international and …


Transnational Mass Claim Processes (Tmcps) In International Law And Practice, Arturo Carrillo, Jason Palmer Jan 2010

Transnational Mass Claim Processes (Tmcps) In International Law And Practice, Arturo Carrillo, Jason Palmer

GW Law Faculty Publications & Other Works

This article recognizes a growing overlap in the literature between international mass claims processes (“IMCPS”) and transitional justice claims processes (“TJCPs”), i.e. domestic reparations programs adopted by successor governments in the wake of mass atrocity. This convergence is reflected in a number of recent publications in both fields that promote the comparative analysis of IMCPs and TJCPs, which in turn, leads to the conclusion that the two processes share a number of analogous characteristics. Commentators tend to view these ostensibly shared traits as a natural source of “best practices” or “lessons” transferable between mass claims procedures in the international and …