Kosovo's War Victims: Civil Compensation or Criminal Justice for Identity Elimination?
22 Pages Posted: 29 Mar 2015
Date Written: 2000
Abstract
This paper examines the likelihood that displaced war victims, who have essentially lost their identities as well as so much else, can recoup civil compensation for their losses through local Yugoslavian courts. It scrutinizes the basic international human rights doctrines and systems of enforcement to determine whether these may offer remedies for the victims of identity elimination. Finally, the article explores the likelihood that, through the International Tribunal in the Former Yugoslavia, those responsible for identity elimination may be held criminally liable for their actions in Kosovo.
Keywords: Kosovo, identity theft, war victims, international human rights, international tribunals
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