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6 Int'l Stud. J. 39 (2009)
Reparations for Victims as a Key Element of Transitional Justice in the Middle East Occupied Territories: A Legal and Institutional Approach

handle is hein.journals/isudijo6 and id is 679 raw text is: REPARATIONS FOR VICTIMS AS A KEY ELEMENT OF TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE IN THE MIDDLE EAST OCCUPIED TERRITORIES: A LEGAL AND INSTITUTIONAL APPROACH FERNANDO VAL-GARIJO 1. INTRODUCTION Victims of human rights violations are entitled to obtain adequate and effective reparation, that is, reparation which is proportional to the harm they have suffered, as is being increasingly recognized in relevant international law instruments. Justice for victims is crucial for achieving a lasting solution to any conflict. In this respect, transitional justice; understood as a systematic response to widespread human rights violations and international humanitarian law violations derived from a protracted, violent conflict, must * Assistant Professor, Public International Law, School of Law, UNED (National University of Distance Learning), Madrid, Spain. fval@der.uned.es International Studies Journal (ISJ), Vol. 6, No. 4, Spring 2010, pp. 39-62.