Human Rights Reparations

(3 Credit Hours) · Undergraduate

This introductory course examines the current theory and practice informing the institutional and legal design of State reparations issued by local, regional, and international courts and other quasi-adjudicative tribunals to address serious violations of human rights (civil, political, economic, social, cultural, environmental, labor, among others). We will explore emerging developments in reparations design (in environmental courts, investment arbitration, ad hoc multi-Stakeholder arbitration under the Bangladesh Accord, cultural heritage and restitution arbitral mechanisms), landmark reparations claims that still remain unaddressed after the twentieth century (such as the trans-Atlantic slave trade, human trafficking, colonization), and reparative innovations required to respond to complex human rights challenges such as climate change, digital rights, and cross-border migration.