Reparation Programs of Transitional Societies

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It is a general principle of international law that any breach of an engagement involves an obligation to make reparation .Thus, there is the obligation to make reparation in case of breach of human rights obligations of states to human beings as well. It is assumed that gross and systematic human rights violations as well as other human rights violations oblige states to provide reparations to the victims. The aim of this paper is to examine the right to remedy and forms of reparation in human rights violations and evaluate its fulfillment on gross and systematic human rights violations in transitional societies. Due to problems in the fulfillment of the right to remedy for victims in transitional societies, it has been used the administrative mechanism as reparation program. The main Thesis is that reparation in reparation program differs from reparation in international responsibility system.

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