Collective Reparations for Indigenous Communities Before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights

• Author: Diana Contreras-Garduño, Sebastiaan Rombouts
• Position: LL.M. is a Ph.D. Candidate at the Netherlands Institute of Human Rights (SIM), Utrecht University, the Netherlands/LL.M. is a Ph.D. Candidate at the Department of European and International Public Law, Tilburg University, the Netherlands
• Pages: 4-17

Collective Reparations for Indigenous Communities Before the

Inter-American Court of Human Rights

Diana Contreras-Garduño and Sebastiaan Rombouts

Merkourios 2010 – Volume 27/Issue 72, Article, pp. 04-17.

URN: NBN:NL:UI:10-1-100923

ISSN: 0927-460X

URL: www.merkourios.org

Publisher: Igitur, Utrecht Publishing & Archiving Services

Copyright: this work has been licensed by the Creative Commons Attribution License (3.0)

Article

Merkourios - Criminal Justice and Human Rights - Vol. 27/72 04

Keywords

IACtHR, Collective Reparations, Right to an Adequate Remedy, Indigenous Peoples, Human Rights.

Abstract

Recent case law from international courts shows an increased willingness to grant collective reparations. is article focuses

on how the Inter-American Court of Human Rights has recently been involved in granting a variety of collective reparations

to indigenous groups. Moreover, it illustrates the diverse nature of collective reparations, and why there is a need for them.

Author Aliations

Diana Contreras-Garduño LL.M. is a Ph.D. Candidate at the Netherlands Institute of Human Rights (SIM), Utrecht Uni-

versity, the Netherlands. Sebastiaan Rombouts LL.M. is a Ph.D. Candidate at the Department of European and International

Public Law, Tilburg University, the Netherlands.