The project team produced a series of outputs over the lifetime of the project. These are aimed at both local and international users, regardless of their academic background. They include:
By Sunneva Gilmore and Luke Moffett (Reparations Team)
Dr Sunneva Gilmore and Dr Luke Moffett have written an article on reparations for forced sterilisation which has been published in the British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. Read the rest →
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By Sunneva Gilmore, Julie Guillerot and Clara Sandoval (Reparations Team)
Our new report on reparations for sexual violence and taking a gender-sensitive approach – it is available in EnglishSpanish and French. Read the rest →
Newspaper articles24 February 2020Belfast Telegraph
Some 46,000 individuals were physically injured during the Troubles, with thousands more psychologically traumatised by its consequences. Read the rest →
By Luke Moffett and Ram Bhandari (Reparations Team)
We had the pleasure of hosting Ram Bandhari in QUB where after his talk on victims and transitional justice in Nepal sat down and spoke to us about the challenges of reparations in Nepal. Read the rest →
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The campaign for a pension for seriously injured victims has been a long road since it started back in 2012, following a report by Marie Breen-Smyth on the impact of the Troubles on those injured. Read the rest →
By Luke Moffett and James Gallen (Reparations Team)
Reparations and truth commissions are considered key pillars of societies transitioning from conflict, authoritarianism and colonial pasts. Read the rest →
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Dr Katharine Fortin from Utrecht University joined us for a podcast to discuss the role of non-state armed groups in international law and their implications for reparations with Dr Luke Moffett. Read the rest →
By Luke Moffett, Caoimhe O'Hagan, Nikhil Narayan and Sunneva Gilmore (Reparations Team)
In response to the Northern Ireland Office’s consultation on a pension for seriously injured victims, we made a consolidated response drawing from our project’s research and previous records to produce a guidance document, draft legislation and application form to inform the development of the regulations for this scheme. Read the rest →
In this LawPod podcast, Dr Luke Moffett joins ASF’s Dr Elisa Novic to discuss victim participation and claims for reparations in domestic international criminal proceedings. Read the rest →
Opinion piece by Luke Moffett appeared in the Irish News 2 October 2019
Free Presbyterian Minister David McIlveen (September 28) has suggested that compensation for those seriously injured can be simply solved by making those claiming it anonymous. Read the rest →
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By Denis Martínez and Luisa Gómez (Reparations Team)
As part of our fieldwork in Guatemala we have produced a report written by Denis Martínez and Luisa Gómez on the domestic reparation programme and jurisprudence on reparations to respond to the armed conflict and genocide. Read the rest →
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by Luke Moffett, Cheryl Lawther, Sunneva Gilmore and Ebba Lekvall. This blog is based on workshops held in Geneva Academy, IOM and Palais Wilson (OHCHR).Read the rest →
By Luke Moffett, Cheryl Lawther, Kieran McEvoy, Clara Sandoval and Peter Dixon (Reparations Team)
As part of our fieldwork in Colombia and support of the GCRF Impact Accelerator Award we have been engaging with the Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP) on its alternative sanctions regime and the role of reparations. Read the rest →
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By Stephen Oola and Luke Moffett (Reparations Team)
As part of the GCRF Impact Accelerator Award our project team conducted engagement activities with key stakeholders in South Sudan on some of the lessons learned from other contexts in the ‘Reparations, Responsibility and Victimhood in Transitional Societies’. Read the rest →
Reparations at the International Criminal Court (ICC) can be seen as an afterthought at the end of trial or, more cynically, as an incentive for victims to testify and support the work of the ICC.