The Fortunate Ones and the Ones Still Waiting: Reparations for War Victims in Sierra Leone

Erscheinungsjahr 2015
ISBN: 978-3-942532-79-2
Verlag: PRIF – Leibniz-Institut für Friedens- und Konfliktforschung

Buch, Englisch, Band 129, 46 Seiten, Format (B × H): 210 mm x 280 mm, Gewicht: 200 g

Reihe: PRIF Reports

Reparations programs are often connected with high expectations, seen as the
most direct means for providing rehabilitation and recognition for the victims of
civil war. But do these expectations actually correspond to reality? Eva Ottendörfer
investigates the case of Sierra Leone, a country in which a comprehensive
reparations program has invested 8.5 million USD in a variety of measures following
a disastrous civil war. Based on her investigations, Ottendörfer does not find
any real reconciling effect stemming from such reparations. What went wrong? In
her study, Ottendörfer uncovers the causes and concludes with a number of
recommendations for both governments and the international organizations that
provide funding and technical expertise for these endeavours.
Eva Ottendörfer is a research associate within the PRIF’s research department
“International Institutions ”. In her research, she focuses on transitional justice in
post-conflict societies, with a focus on East Timor and Sierra Leone. Her other
area of expertise is the role of reparations in coming to terms with the past,
especially regarding reparations provided by international institutions such as the
International Criminal Court and the United Nations Peacebuilding Fund.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ottendörfer, Eva