Reparation for Victims of Crimes against Humanity

Jo-Anne M. Wemmers (PhD) is a Professor at the School of Criminology of the University of Montreal as well as head of the research group Victims, Rights and Society at the International Centre for Comparative Criminology. She has published widely in the areas of victimology, international criminal law and reparative justice. Her books include Therapeutic Jurisprudence and Victim Participation in Justice: International Perspectives (Carolina Academic Press 2011), Introduction à la victimologie (Les Presses de l'Université de Montréal 2003), Caring for Victims of Crime (Criminal Justice Press 1999) and Victims in the Criminal Justice System (Kugler 1996). Former Secretary General of the World Society of Victimology, she is currently Editor-in-Chief of the French-language journal Criminologie, as well as Editor of the International Review of Victimology.

This book reaches beyond the boundaries of law and psychology and takes a multidisciplinary approach to the question of reparation for victims of crimes against humanity. Law does not take place in a vacuum and it is important to consider the impact of the law on the psychology of the victim, as well as the legal principles themselves.

Introduction, Jo-Anne M. Wemmers Part 1. The Victims 1. Healing Aspects of Reparations for Victims of Crimes against Humanity, Yael Danieli 2. Reparation and Recovery in the Aftermath of Widespread Violence, Christophe Herbert, Charlie Rioux and Jo-Anne M. Wemmers 3. Restoring Justice for Victims of Crimes against Humanity, Jo-Anne M. Wemmers Part 2. Victims and the Law 4. Reparative Justice at the International Criminal Court: Best practice or tokenism?, Mariana Goetz 5. It Doesn't Go Away with Time: Victims' need for reparation following crimes against humanity, Amissi M. Manirabona and Jo-Anne M. Wemmers 6. The Prosecute of Expel Dilemma in Far-Away Lands: Alternative universal justice for victims of international crimes, Fannie Lafontaine Part 3. Victims and Society 7. Framing Reparation Claims for Crimes against Humanity: A social-psychological perspective, Katherine Starzyk, Danielle Gaucher, Gregory Boese and Katelin Neufeld 8. The Healing and State? Residential schools and reparations in Canada, Andrew Woolford 9. Transitional Justice in Bosnia-Herzegovina: Understanding accountability, reparation and justice for victims, Nicholas A. Jones, Stephan Parmentier and Elmar G. M. Weitekamp 10. The Art of Acknowledgement: Re-imagining relationships in Northern Ireland, Jill Strauss Part 4. Collective Reparation and the Law 11. The Case for Collective Reparations before the International Criminal Court, Frédéric Mégret 12. Land, Wars and Restoring Justice for Victims, Gabriela Manrique Rueda 13. Reparations Through Different Lenses: The culture, rights and politics of healing and empowerment after mass atrocities, Hugo Van Der Merwe Part 5. Conclusion 14. The Healing Role of Reparation, Jo-Anne M. Wemmers.