Reparations, Responsibility and Victimhood in Transitional Societies
Lead Research Organisation:
Queen's University Belfast
Department Name: Sch of Law
Abstract
Context
Reparations have long been a legal and political tool of making amends for past wrongs in post conflict and transitional societies. In essence, reparations aim to restore what is owed, compensate for loss, acknowledge wrongs and remedy the injured. Over the past 60 years, there has been a proliferation of reparations programmes from Germany's reparations to victims of the Holocaust (80 billion DM) and the UN Claims Commission set up for the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait ($55 billion). More recently, individual perpetrators at the International Criminal Court have been ordered to provide reparations to their victims. International bodies, local courts and truth commissions have also recognised victims' right to reparations. Despite these developments, fundamental theoretical and policy questions concerning how to remedy mass violations of human rights remain.
Aims and Objectives
This project will seek to develop a theoretical and practical understanding of the relationship between reparations, responsibility and victimhood in transitional societies.
To achieve this it will:
- Examine five cross-cutting themes in Colombia, Guatemala, Nepal, Northern Ireland, Peru and Uganda of: (1) Eligibility and Complex Victimhood; (2) Reparations, Acknowledgement and Truth Recovery; (3) Victim Ownership, Mobilisation and Participation; (4) Responsibility, Accountability and the State/Non-State Axis; and (5) Finance, Feasibility and Development;
- Develop a research instrument structured around the themes above and conduct 20 semi-structured interviews in each jurisdiction with key government officials, civil society organisations, victim groups, ex-combatants, legal and political figures; and
- Conduct a review of the relevant scholarly and policy literature across a range of relevant disciplines that illuminate the five project themes.
Potential Applications and Benefits
This project will be of value to academics, civil society and international organisations. Academically, the project will help develop a thicker understanding of the relationship between reparations, responsibility and victimhood in transitional societies. These broader theoretical considerations will be explored and disseminated through a scholarly monograph, at least five journal articles or book chapters and over a dozen conference presentations.
At the level of policy and practice, this project will inform domestic debates on reparations in each of the six case studies with two bespoke reports for each jurisdiction (translated into local languages), two handbooks, and one guidelines on reparations in transitional societies. This research will also be highly relevant to international organisations like the UN, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the International Criminal Court, and the International Organisation for Migration, as well as policymakers and donors, international and regional courts and transnational civil society actors, which are involved in developing or adjudicating reparations around the world.
'Fit' with Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF)
This project aligns with the goals of the GCRF with its focus on conflict reconciliation, transitional justice and cohesive communities, and a 'human-centred' approach to conflict reconciliation. Given the focus of the research on reparations in Low/Middle Income countries and the broad range of outputs targeted at divided or marginalised populations (i.e. handbooks for civil society groups and non-state armed groups) as well as guidelines for International Organisations to aid the design of reparations programmes, we believe that this project is Official Development Assistance (ODA) compliant. Given the links between post-conflict stability, sustainable economic and societal development this research addresses an evidenced need, the primary beneficiaries of this highly impactful project will be disadvantaged populations.
Reparations have long been a legal and political tool of making amends for past wrongs in post conflict and transitional societies. In essence, reparations aim to restore what is owed, compensate for loss, acknowledge wrongs and remedy the injured. Over the past 60 years, there has been a proliferation of reparations programmes from Germany's reparations to victims of the Holocaust (80 billion DM) and the UN Claims Commission set up for the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait ($55 billion). More recently, individual perpetrators at the International Criminal Court have been ordered to provide reparations to their victims. International bodies, local courts and truth commissions have also recognised victims' right to reparations. Despite these developments, fundamental theoretical and policy questions concerning how to remedy mass violations of human rights remain.
Aims and Objectives
This project will seek to develop a theoretical and practical understanding of the relationship between reparations, responsibility and victimhood in transitional societies.
To achieve this it will:
- Examine five cross-cutting themes in Colombia, Guatemala, Nepal, Northern Ireland, Peru and Uganda of: (1) Eligibility and Complex Victimhood; (2) Reparations, Acknowledgement and Truth Recovery; (3) Victim Ownership, Mobilisation and Participation; (4) Responsibility, Accountability and the State/Non-State Axis; and (5) Finance, Feasibility and Development;
- Develop a research instrument structured around the themes above and conduct 20 semi-structured interviews in each jurisdiction with key government officials, civil society organisations, victim groups, ex-combatants, legal and political figures; and
- Conduct a review of the relevant scholarly and policy literature across a range of relevant disciplines that illuminate the five project themes.
Potential Applications and Benefits
This project will be of value to academics, civil society and international organisations. Academically, the project will help develop a thicker understanding of the relationship between reparations, responsibility and victimhood in transitional societies. These broader theoretical considerations will be explored and disseminated through a scholarly monograph, at least five journal articles or book chapters and over a dozen conference presentations.
At the level of policy and practice, this project will inform domestic debates on reparations in each of the six case studies with two bespoke reports for each jurisdiction (translated into local languages), two handbooks, and one guidelines on reparations in transitional societies. This research will also be highly relevant to international organisations like the UN, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the International Criminal Court, and the International Organisation for Migration, as well as policymakers and donors, international and regional courts and transnational civil society actors, which are involved in developing or adjudicating reparations around the world.
'Fit' with Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF)
This project aligns with the goals of the GCRF with its focus on conflict reconciliation, transitional justice and cohesive communities, and a 'human-centred' approach to conflict reconciliation. Given the focus of the research on reparations in Low/Middle Income countries and the broad range of outputs targeted at divided or marginalised populations (i.e. handbooks for civil society groups and non-state armed groups) as well as guidelines for International Organisations to aid the design of reparations programmes, we believe that this project is Official Development Assistance (ODA) compliant. Given the links between post-conflict stability, sustainable economic and societal development this research addresses an evidenced need, the primary beneficiaries of this highly impactful project will be disadvantaged populations.
Planned Impact
Who will benefit from the research?
Beyond enhancing academia in a range of disciplines, this project will positively impact on non-academic users in the six case studies of Colombia, Guatemala, Nepal, Northern Ireland, Peru and Uganda. The primary beneficiaries will be victim groups, non-state armed actors and members of civil society and other activists in the case study jurisdictions who are engaged in advocating for and litigating on reparations. Secondary beneficiaries will include policy makers, relevant government departments, policing organisations, legal institutions and other civil society and human rights organisations in each jurisdiction. International organisations such as the International Centre for Transitional Justice, the International Committee of the Red Cross and the International Organisation for Migration who will be directly involved in the production of the project Guidelines on reparations will benefit both from the input and findings of the academic team and the publication of the Guidelines and Handbooks themselves. More broadly, the project findings and policy related outputs will be of interest to victim and ex-combatant groups, legal collectives, jurists and human rights NGOs in transitional states other than case-studies, as well as regional and international courts - such as the International Criminal Court, and other international human rights bodies and civil society actors involved in reparations work. Given the links between post-conflict stability, sustainable economic and societal development this research is Official Development Assistance (ODA) compliant and the primary beneficiaries of this project will be disadvantaged populations.
How?
As detailed in the 'Pathways to Impact' document, a mixed dissemination strategy will be used to ensure maximum impact and wide dissemination of the research findings. First, this project is designed to make a direct contribution to the lives of victims, ex-combatant groups and civil society organisations in each site. The production of two user-friendly policy reports in each jurisdiction (12 in total) is designed to 'put something back' in the societies being studied. The content of these reports will be determined by local actors during the fieldwork stage of the project and the reports will be translated into local languages. The Guidelines and Handbooks (on non-state armed groups engagement with reparations and on civil society engagement with foreign donors on reparations) will be of use to local civil society, victim and ex-combatant groups, international human rights organisations, legal collectives and other policy makers. These outputs will, for example, promote an enhanced understanding of reparations and reparation mechanisms, inform domestic and international adjudication on reparations, and through the development of a Handbook for non-state actors on reparations to engage other responsible actors beyond the state on contributing to reparations and reparation programmes in peace negotiations. More broadly, the project and its outputs will feed into international theory and practice surrounding reparations, contributing to evidence-based policy-making.
The dissemination strategy is designed to ensure maximum knowledge transfer. For example, the publication of 12 feature newspaper articles and 5 blog posts will provide a wide platform for dissemination. All research/policy outputs, the reparations law database and details of conference proceedings will be hosted on the project website and disseminated through the applicants' network of national/international contacts. Listservers such as the Network of Transitional Justice Researchers (TJNetwork) and JUSTWATCH will also be used and the project Twitter account will provide regular updates and links to outputs. Those who have participated in the research will be directly contacted and provided with soft or electronic copies of all outputs.
Beyond enhancing academia in a range of disciplines, this project will positively impact on non-academic users in the six case studies of Colombia, Guatemala, Nepal, Northern Ireland, Peru and Uganda. The primary beneficiaries will be victim groups, non-state armed actors and members of civil society and other activists in the case study jurisdictions who are engaged in advocating for and litigating on reparations. Secondary beneficiaries will include policy makers, relevant government departments, policing organisations, legal institutions and other civil society and human rights organisations in each jurisdiction. International organisations such as the International Centre for Transitional Justice, the International Committee of the Red Cross and the International Organisation for Migration who will be directly involved in the production of the project Guidelines on reparations will benefit both from the input and findings of the academic team and the publication of the Guidelines and Handbooks themselves. More broadly, the project findings and policy related outputs will be of interest to victim and ex-combatant groups, legal collectives, jurists and human rights NGOs in transitional states other than case-studies, as well as regional and international courts - such as the International Criminal Court, and other international human rights bodies and civil society actors involved in reparations work. Given the links between post-conflict stability, sustainable economic and societal development this research is Official Development Assistance (ODA) compliant and the primary beneficiaries of this project will be disadvantaged populations.
How?
As detailed in the 'Pathways to Impact' document, a mixed dissemination strategy will be used to ensure maximum impact and wide dissemination of the research findings. First, this project is designed to make a direct contribution to the lives of victims, ex-combatant groups and civil society organisations in each site. The production of two user-friendly policy reports in each jurisdiction (12 in total) is designed to 'put something back' in the societies being studied. The content of these reports will be determined by local actors during the fieldwork stage of the project and the reports will be translated into local languages. The Guidelines and Handbooks (on non-state armed groups engagement with reparations and on civil society engagement with foreign donors on reparations) will be of use to local civil society, victim and ex-combatant groups, international human rights organisations, legal collectives and other policy makers. These outputs will, for example, promote an enhanced understanding of reparations and reparation mechanisms, inform domestic and international adjudication on reparations, and through the development of a Handbook for non-state actors on reparations to engage other responsible actors beyond the state on contributing to reparations and reparation programmes in peace negotiations. More broadly, the project and its outputs will feed into international theory and practice surrounding reparations, contributing to evidence-based policy-making.
The dissemination strategy is designed to ensure maximum knowledge transfer. For example, the publication of 12 feature newspaper articles and 5 blog posts will provide a wide platform for dissemination. All research/policy outputs, the reparations law database and details of conference proceedings will be hosted on the project website and disseminated through the applicants' network of national/international contacts. Listservers such as the Network of Transitional Justice Researchers (TJNetwork) and JUSTWATCH will also be used and the project Twitter account will provide regular updates and links to outputs. Those who have participated in the research will be directly contacted and provided with soft or electronic copies of all outputs.
Publications
Oola Stephen
(2020)
"Cul Pi Bal": Reparations for the Northern Ugandan Conflict
Oola Stephen
(2020)
"Cul Pi Bal": Reparations for the Northern Ugandan Conflict
Martinez Denis
(2019)
A Promise to be Fulfilled:: Reparations for Victims of the Armed Conflict in Guatemala
Moffett L
(2022)
Belfast Guidelines on Reparations in Post-Conflict Societies
Title | Collective reparations and Plan de Sanchez |
Description | Views of some of the survivors of the Plan de Sanchez massacre on the Guatemalan government's failure to deliver collective reparations. |
Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
Year Produced | 2018 |
Impact | We will use this video to assist dissemination of our Guatemala related policy outputs later in 2019. Created by Nader Diab, Luke Moffett and Clara Sandoval. |
URL | https://reparations.qub.ac.uk/plan-de-sanchez-massacre-video/ |
Title | Podcast: Campaign for a Pension for Injured Victims (LawPod) |
Description | Podcast with injured victims from Wave Trauma Centre and Luke Moffett on the pension campaign. |
Type Of Art | Artefact (including digital) |
Year Produced | 2019 |
Impact | The pension law has been in passed in January 2020. |
URL | https://reparations.qub.ac.uk/lawpod-campaign-for-a-pension-for-injured-victims/ |
Title | Podcast: Non-State Armed Groups, Human Rights and International Law (LawPod) |
Description | Podcast with Katharine Fortin and Luke Moffett discussing non-state armed groups and reparations. |
Type Of Art | Artefact (including digital) |
Year Produced | 2019 |
Impact | None. |
URL | https://reparations.qub.ac.uk/lawpod-non-state-armed-groups-human-rights-and-international-law/ |
Title | Podcast: Victim Participation in the Prosecution of International Crimes (LawPod) |
Description | Podcast discussion with Elisa Novic ASF and Luke Moffett on victim participation in international trials and reparations. |
Type Of Art | Artefact (including digital) |
Year Produced | 2019 |
Impact | Followed up with a workshop with transitional justice practitioners in Brussels at ASF HQ. |
URL | https://reparations.qub.ac.uk/1141-2/ |
Title | Podcast: Victim-centred approaches to transitional justice (Redress Podcast) |
Description | Podcast with project partner Redress and PI Dr Luke Moffett |
Type Of Art | Artefact (including digital) |
Year Produced | 2021 |
Impact | Part of Redress podcast series with Impunity Watch and Uganda victim Sylvia Acan |
URL | https://open.spotify.com/episode/5Z6yyzrDxrsFOCgAcCWoTy?si=knovfYRQQj6GP-PqVgVHtw |
Title | Reparations in Nepal |
Description | Short video with Ram Bhandari discussing the challenges of implementing reparations in Nepal. |
Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
Year Produced | 2019 |
Impact | None |
URL | https://reparations.qub.ac.uk/video-reparations-in-nepal-with-ram-bhandari/ |
Title | Tallawah Justice Talks - ICC Reparations |
Description | Lorraine Smith van Lin talked to Dr Luke Moffett on reparations at the International Criminal Court |
Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
Year Produced | 2020 |
Impact | The video led to a webinar in December 2020 with ICC staff and experts. |
URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FM9lDF1mde4 |
Title | The Challenges of Reparations in Uganda |
Description | Video reflecting on reparations in Uganda, in particular the views of the Mucwini community. Based on fieldwork in July 2018 and created by Nader Diab, Luke Moffett and Adriana Rudling. |
Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
Year Produced | 2018 |
Impact | Twitter and Facebook engagement. We will release a couple of Uganda related reports later this year associated to this video that we will use as part of our research dissemination |
URL | https://reparations.qub.ac.uk/the-challenge-of-reparation-in-uganda-the-mucwini-massacre/ |
Description | This project set out to better understand the practice of reparations in societies emerging from conflict. Over 300 individuals were interviewed during the project and database created with over 500 data points on reparation practice. The project found that reparations often occur, not because of states complying with domestic or international law, but the pressure exertsed by mobilised and organised victims, who use legal, social, political and moral avenues to seek redress for the wrongs they have suffered. We also found that in the absence of reparations, victims can engage in self-repair themselves to some extent mitigating some of the harm or informal repair with civil society, such as memorialisation and investigations. We also found that reparations are made by non-state armed groups and that there is a key policy implication for encouraging those responsible for violations to take ownership for reparations so that they can remedy the harm caused and rehabiltiate their own standing in society. The findings of the project are essentialise in the Belfast Guidelines on Reparation in Post-Conflict Societies, as well as the two handbooks and 14 thematic and country reports that can be found at http://reparations.qub.ac.uk A book by the PI Dr Luke Moffett 'Reparations and War: Finding a Balance in Repairing the Past' (OUP 2023) gives more theoretical and detailed findings. |
Exploitation Route | The project compiled an open access database on reparation practice alongside a range of reports that can be used by others. |
Sectors | Aerospace Defence and Marine Government Democracy and Justice Security and Diplomacy |
URL | https://reparations.qub.ac.uk/ |
Description | Research used to inform the Northern Ireland Victims' Payment Regulations 2020. |
First Year Of Impact | 2020 |
Sector | Government, Democracy and Justice |
Impact Types | Societal Policy & public services |
Description | Legal research on a pension for seriously injured victims used to inform legislation for a payment system for victims injured during the Troubles |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
Impact | Legal research on reparations for injured victims was carried out by Moffett along with qualititative research was used to inform policy development and legislation for those disabled during the Troubles in and around Northern Ireland. |
Description | ESRC Leading Impact Fund |
Amount | £14,558 (GBP) |
Funding ID | 27683-1 ESRC Leading Impact Fund |
Organisation | Economic and Social Research Council |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 11/2019 |
End | 06/2020 |
Description | GCRF Impact Accelerated Award |
Amount | £21,815 (GBP) |
Organisation | Queen's University Belfast |
Sector | Academic/University |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 09/2018 |
End | 03/2019 |
Description | World Bank Pilot Project - Flagship Study on Land, Conflict and Inclusion |
Amount | $15,000 (USD) |
Organisation | World Bank Group |
Sector | Public |
Country | United States |
Start | 09/2019 |
End | 03/2020 |
Title | Database on Reparations |
Description | The database is a repository for relevant materials on reparations including domestic legislation, national and international case law, peace agreements and truth commission reports where recommendations on reparations are made. The data is coded along our project themes as well as labelled for regions/countries. |
Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
Year Produced | 2018 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
Impact | None as of yet. |
URL | https://reparations.qub.ac.uk/reparations-database/ |
Description | International Organisation for Migration |
Organisation | International Organization for Migration |
Country | Switzerland |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
PI Contribution | The project team organised and co-hosted a range of reparation talks and workshops in Geneva with reparation experts and humantiarian/human rights organisation on a range of topics including implementation, non-state armed groups and sexual violence. This involved four days of talks and presentations, as well as discussions. |
Collaborator Contribution | IOM co-hosted with the project team 'Geneva Reparations Week' in June 2019, paying the costs for a number of experts on reparations to take part in four days of talks on reparations in IOM HQ, Palais Wilson and the Geneva Academy. |
Impact | The workshops in Geneva was followed up by another in New York in December 2019. |
Start Year | 2016 |
Description | Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights |
Organisation | United Nations (UN) |
Department | Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights |
Country | Switzerland |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
PI Contribution | Collaboration by Clara Sandoval and Luke Moffett with the UN Special Rapporteur on Truth, Justice, Reparations and Guarantees of Non-Repetition on a forthcoming report on domestic reparation programmes. |
Collaborator Contribution | The OHCHR will publish a report which we have contributed to on reparations. We will also hold a workshop in Palace Wilson with the OHCHR on reparations for conflict-related sexual violence in June 2019 in Geneva. |
Impact | Forthcoming report on reparation programmes. |
Start Year | 2018 |
Description | Academic conference presentation by James Gallen - Historical Institutional Abuse and Transitional Justice: Plenary Lecture/Keynote (Sociological Association of Ireland Annual Conference, Dublin, Ireland, May 2018) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | Plenary Panel: Dealing with the legacy of historical institutional child abuse: What are the lessons from Ireland? |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
URL | https://www.sociology.ie/2018-conference-programme.html |
Description | Academic conference presentation by James Gallen - Reparations, Historical Abuse and Structural Change in Consolidated Democracies. (Law and Society Association Annual Conference, Toronto Canada, June 2018) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | Panel on Confronting the Past: Acknowledgment, Apology and Reparation - with Kieran McEvoy and Anna Bryson, James Gallen, Luke Moffett, Sunneva Gilmore and Adriana Rudling. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
URL | https://reparations.qub.ac.uk/lsa-panel-confronting-the-past-acknowledgement-apology-and-reparation/ |
Description | Academic conference presentation by James Gallen - Shame Disgust and Contempt Ireland's Legacy of Historical Abuse (Towards Transitional Justice Conference, Boston College, USA) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | Panel Recognition, Truth-telling, and Institutional Abuse in Ireland |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
URL | https://www.bc.edu/bc-web/academics/sites/ila/events/towards-transitional-justice.html#speakers |
Description | BBC TV and Radio interview on war on Ukraine and sanctions |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | Interview on the business and political impact of sanctions and international law with regard to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Blog: Pensions, Reparations and Reintegration: Parallel Processes for Injured Ex-Combatants and Civilians |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Blog on a new way forward on a pension for seriously injured victims which will be examined as a form of reparations as part of this project. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
URL | https://sluggerotoole.com/2017/10/23/pensions-reparations-and-reintegration-parallel-processes-for-i... |
Description | Conference on Truth Commissions (Lisbon) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | Dr Luke Moffett gave a paper on implementing reparations after truth commissions as part of a conference organised by Nova University. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Displacement, segregation and redress - Moffett |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | As part of Improving living conditions for displaced people and the challenges of the Colombian transition |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
URL | https://politicacriminal.uexternado.edu.co/unesco-chair-2020-international-congress-improving-living... |
Description | Elisa Novic ASF talk at QUB November 2018 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
Results and Impact | Talk by Elisa Novic (Advocats san Frontiers) on Uganda and the CAR on their domestic international criminal bodies and opportunities for reparations. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Expert commentary in media |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | Dr James Gallen provides expert commentary during interview with The Tonight Show 13 January 2021 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://www.virginmediatelevision.ie/player/show/1294/180494/0/The-Tonight-Show |
Description | Expert commentary in media |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | Dr James Gallen provides expert opinion in media report on the release of the report investigating the Mother and Baby care home scandal |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://www.businesspost.ie/social-affairs/mother-and-baby-homes-survivors-we-were-treated-as-second... |
Description | Expert commentary in media |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | Dr James Gallen provides expert commentary on RTE Radio 1 News |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://www.rte.ie/radio1/news-at-one/programmes/2021/0111/1188965-news-at-one-monday-11-january-202... |
Description | Final Project Conference on Reparations |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Conference held at QUB with investigators and some consultants on the project to disseminate the project findings. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://reparations.qub.ac.uk/final-project-conference-video/ |
Description | Global Counter-Terrorism Forum - Moffett speaking on challenges for victims |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Expert Meeting on Criminal Justice Approaches to the Linkages between Terrorism and International Crimes: War Crimes, Crimes against Humanity, Genocide |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Guest Lecture by James Gallen - Ireland's Historical Abuse and Transitional Justice (Marino College of Education) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | The lecture sparked debate on the uses of transitional justice in dealing with historical abuse. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | Historical Abuses of Church and State and the Transformation of Transitional Justice |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Presentation on transitional justice responses to church and state abuses in Ireland presented by Dr James Gallen to the QUB Human Rights Centre 4 Nov 2020. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | Interview for national political tv programme - Sunday Politics - Moffett |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Luke Moffett spoke on the pension for seriously injured victims and the political impasse at Stormont. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | Invited Speaker to International Organisation for Migration's International Conference on Reparations in Colombo, Sri Lanka |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | Dr Luke Moffett was an invited speaker at a conference on reparations to inform government implementation of its transitional justice roadmap with the Human Rights Council Res. 30/1 (2015) which included the establishment of a Reparations Office. The government currently has a draft bill on reparations to deliver measures to a range of victims of the conflict. The conference brought together international experts, government officials and civil society to speak on the way forward with reparations and the experience in other countries. The IOM will produce a report on the conference. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
URL | https://www.iom.int/news/un-migration-agency-sri-lanka-explore-ways-forward-conflict-victim-reparati... |
Description | Invited presentation by Luke Moffett at ICC Assembly of State Parties on Assets and Reparations |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Dr Moffett gave a talk on some of the research in NI, Peru and Colombia around asset seizure and applied it to the ICC context. This event was organised by the project partner Redress and supported by the Chilean and French governments. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | Invited talk |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Talk at Yale Law School to PG students in the Human Rights Centre on Reparations by Non-State Armed Groups |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://law.yale.edu/yls-today/news/luke-moffett-discusses-reparations-nonstate-armed-groups |
Description | Invited talk - Brussels Advocate Sans Frontiers HQ - L Moffett |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Presentation on implementation of reparations and lessons learnt for ASF in country teams and workshop on land and corruption. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | Invited talk - Leuven - Non-State Armed Groups and Reparations - Luke Moffett |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Presentation on some of the findings of the project on reparations. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | Meeting with SAVIA victim and survivor group on submission to DoJ on reparations |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
Results and Impact | Engagement with members of SAVIA on submission by HRC to DoJ on reparations with Luke Moffett. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | Newspaper article contribution by James Gallen for Irish Examiner: article "State prioritising liability over adoption rights" |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | James Gallen contributed material for this response to a previous article on this topic. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
URL | https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/ireland/state-prioritising-liability-over-adoption-rights... |
Description | Organisation and presentation of preliminary research findings at Law and Society conference Toronto 2018 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
Results and Impact | Panel on Confronting the Past: Acknowledgment, Apology and Reparation - with Kieran McEvoy and Anna Bryson, James Gallen, Luke Moffett, Sunneva Gilmore and Adriana Rudling. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
URL | https://reparations.qub.ac.uk/lsa-panel-confronting-the-past-acknowledgement-apology-and-reparation/ |
Description | Panel project team at Historical Dialogues Conference in New York |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Members of the project team presented some of their research findigns to 35 audience members at the Historical Dialogues Conference in New York in December 2019. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | Postgraduate conference on dealing with the past around sexual violence and historical institutional abuse |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Postgraduate conference organised by QUB Human Rights Centre and PhD students Sunneva Gilmore on RRV project and Paula Shilliday. Dr Moffett gave an introductory talk and constructive feedback to postgraduate students. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | Presentation on Pension for Seriously Injured Victims to CVS Victims and Survivors Forum June 2018 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
Results and Impact | Luke Moffett presented on ongoing research on reparations for seriously injured victims to members of the CVS Forum in Antrim, June 2018. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Redress Workshop on The International Criminal Court and Reparations for Victims Hague October 2018 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Two day roundtable discussion on reparations at the International Criminal Court with lawyers, practitioners and Redress staff as part of their report on the issue. Luke Moffett presented on one panel on his research. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Reparations panel at the Assembly of State Parties of the International Criminal Court at the United Nations Headquarters New York |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | Dr Luke Moffett presented a paper on 'Fundraising for reparations: voluntary contributions and assets'. Talk as part of a roundtable on Habre case with victims, diplomats, civil society and lawyers involved in the case as part of the Assembly of State Parties of the International Criminal Court, as well as Chief Prosecutor of the ICC Fatou Bensouda. This was followed by a meeting with the Executive Board of the Trust Fund for Victims. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | Roundtable with Special Jurisdiction for Peace on restorative justice and alternative sanctions |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Workshop held with different magistrates, practitioners and teams (45-90 present at different levels throughout the day) with the Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP) on alternative sanctions, examining the role of other jurisdiction in using reparations as mitigating factors in sentencing. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
URL | https://reparations.qub.ac.uk/workshop-with-the-jep/ |
Description | TV Interview - BBC Spotlight |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Interviewed for BBC Spotlight programme on Libya and claims for compensation from IRA victims. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Talk by Emma Crane on FARC reintegration and reparation in Colombia October 2018 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
Results and Impact | Emma Crane NYU gave a presentation on her research on reparations in Colombia to complement the RRV project team's ongoing research. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Talk by Luke Moffett at Montreal University as part of Crime Victims week |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Dr Moffett gave a talk on reparations and the role of non-state actors as part of Crime Victims week and to coincide with the thirty anniversary of the École Polytechnique massacre, along with one of the survivors and a senior legal officer at the ICC. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | Talk by Luke Moffett at Ulster University |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Talk on some of the preliminary research findings from the reparations project in Colombia as part of an event on transitional justice in Colombia with 20 members of the public attending. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | Talk by Luke Moffett at the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | Talk by Moffett on reparations and how it can be applied in the Hissene Habre case and PSVI conference in May 2020. Discussions on ICC and reparations. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | Talk by Luke Moffett in San Remo on reparations for sexual violence |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Dr Moffett was an invited speaker to the San Remo IIHL private roundtable on developing responses to sexual violence. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | Talk by Nader Diab at QUB November 2018 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
Results and Impact | Nader Diab formerly of Redress, now French Foreign Ministry, spoke about the Habre case at the EAC, reparations and creation of the AU Trust Fund. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Talk by Ram Bhandari on 11 April 2019 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Talk by Ram Bhandari on reparations and transitional justice in Nepal |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
URL | https://reparations.qub.ac.uk/talk-by-ram-bhandari/ |
Description | Talk for Canadian Red Cross and Dalhousie University |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Talk on findings of the research project 'Reparations, War and Transitional Justice' |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | The UN Basic Principles at 15: Reparations at a Crossroads |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Webinar organised with Redress, Clara Sandoval and Luke Moffett on reparations |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLkqHrFmb6Q |
Description | Tilburg reparations for international crimes workshop April 2018 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Engagement with Tilburg university on their ongoing research on reparations. Rachel Killean and Luke Moffett attended and spoke about the cultural property research in Cambodia and RRV project's initial research. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Two day workshop with OHCHR UN Special Representative on Truth, Justice, Reparations and Guarantees of Non-Recurrence |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Closed two day workshop on domestic reparation programmes to inform the UN Special Rapporteur's forthcoming report on the issue. Clara Sandoval and Luke Moffett presented in four of the six sessions, with Clara involved in the organisation and preliminary research. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Webinar - Dominic Ongwen verdict: reactions from Uganda - Moffett |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Refugee Law Project organised webinar with victims of the Dominic Ongwen case before the ICC with Luke Moffett providing input on reparations |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUaY-9B7wak |
Description | Webinar: Victim Participation and Reparations at the ICC: Assessing the Impact of the IER |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Webinar with ICC staff, Redress and Gilmore and Moffett on reparations project. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcbYcmMe-T4 |
Description | Workshop on implementation of reparations at Rosario University |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Engagement and discussion on domestic implementation of reparations with staff of Colombian reparation programmes, academics, civil society actors and victim organisations in September 2018. Some of the participants were interviewees and it allowed us to share some of our preliminary findings. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
URL | https://reparations.qub.ac.uk/workshop-with-rosario-university-bogota-colombia/ |
Description | Workshop on implementing reparations at IOM HQ |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | As part of Geneva Reparations Week, we held a formal event in International Organisation for Migration headquarters for state missions, NGOs and UN bodies to share some of our preliminary findings of the project. Over 40 individuals attended the workshop from these organisations and provided a taster for our two other workshops that week. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | Workshop on non-state armed groups and reparations |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | In June 2019 in Geneva as part of 'Reparations Week' we held a workshop in the Geneva Academy on reparations and non-state armed groups with key practitioners and researchers, including ICRC, Small Arms Survey, IOM, Redress, ICTJ, Geneva Call and OHCHR. This workshop aimed to inform our guidelines and handbook on this subject. As a result of this meeting we will also produce a special issue for the Journal of Human Rights Practice in 2021 with some of the participants. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | Workshop on reparations for sexual violence |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | As part of Geneva Reparations week in June 2019 we held a roundtable on some of research findings on reparations for sexual violence in the Palais Wilson, OHCHR with participants from partner organisations the IOM, Redress and ICTJ, as well as UN bodies such as OHCHR and UN Women. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | Workshop on restorative justice with JEP |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Luke, Clara, Cheryl, Peter and Adriana presented some of preliminary findings of the project to magistrates and staff with the JEP in September 2018. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
URL | https://reparations.qub.ac.uk/study-visit-and-panel-with-the-special-jurisdiction-for-peace-bogota-c... |
Description | Workshop on the role of donors and civil society in reparations - Open Society with project team |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | As part of developing our guidelines on reparation implementation and handbook on the role of donors and civil society in reparation programmes, we held a roundtable with our partners ICTJ, Redress and IOM in Open Society's HQ in New York with 25 practitioners and policy makers from NGOs, UN bodies and academics working on reparations and transitional justice. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |