Colonial genocide and reparations claims in the 21st century; the socio-legal context of claims under international law by the Herero against Germany for genocide in Namibia, 1904-1908.

9780313362569

Colonial genocide and reparations claims in the 21st century; the socio-legal context of claims under international law by the Herero against Germany for genocide in Namibia, 1904-1908.

Sarkin, Jeremy.

Praeger Security International

2009

308 pages

$75.00

Hardcover

KSY2695

In order to address the question of reparations and claims for historical human rights violations of the colonial era, Sarkin (law, U. of the Western Cape, South Africa) assesses whether German genocidal abuses against the Herero in then-German South West Africa at the turn of the 20th century were proscribed, at the time they occurred, in customary international law and various international instruments, finding it indeed to be the case. He also discusses the socio-political legacy of the genocide for contemporary Namibia, current Herero attempts to gain redress, the state of reparations theory and practice around the world, and the role of official apologies for past abuses.

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