Reparations Database
This database brings together reparations case law and legislation from the case study countries, as well as international jurisprudence, peace agreements and recommendations on reparations in truth commission reports from over 100 countries and more than 500 sources.
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2013 General Law on Victims [Unofficial translation]
By The General Congress of the United Mexican States
2013 General Law on Victims [Spanish]
By General Congress of the United Mexican States
2016 Resolution on Benefits for Reasons of Detention and Forced Exile [Spanish]
By The Government of Argentina: Ministry of Justice
2009 Law 26.564 Forced Disappearance Argentina [Spanish]
By Argentine Congress
1994 Law 24.411 Absence Due Forced Disappearance [Spanish]
By Argentine Congress
2004 Law 19880 that modifies Law 19123, Law of Reparations, expanding the benefits provided [Spanish]
By National Congress of Chile
1993 Law 19234 that establishes Provisional Benefits for Politically Exonerated Persons [Spanish]
By National Congress of Chile
2004 Law 19992 that establishes a Reparations’ Pension and Provides Other Benefits [Spanish]
By National Congress of Chile
2005 Peru Law Nº 28592 creates the Comprehensive Reparations Programme [Spanish]
By National Congress of Peru
1996 Paraguay Law 838 that compensates the victims of human rights violations between 1954 and 1989 [Spanish]
By National Congress of Paraguay
2019 Nicaragua Law 994 of Integral Care for Victims [Spanish]
By Government of Nicaragua
1985 Uruguay Law N° 18.596 that Acknowledges and Repairs the Victims of the Illegitimate Behavior of the State [Spanish]
By General Assembly of Uruguay