International Journal of Transitional Justice Advance Access originally published online on December 14, 2007
International Journal of Transitional Justice 2007 1(3):318-337; doi:10.1093/ijtj/ijm035
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© The Author 2007. Published by Oxford University Press.
Women and Reparations

* Associate Professor, Departamento de Derecho Constitucional, Facultad de Derecho, Universidad de Sevilla, Spain. E-mail: rrubio{at}us.es
Director, Research Unit, International Center for Transitional Justice, New York, USA. E-mail: pdegreiff{at}ictj.org. The views expressed here do not necessarily represent those of the ICTJ
Reparations for victims of gross human rights violations are becoming an increasingly acknowledged feature in post-authoritarian and post-conflict societies coping with the legacy of a violent past. Despite some recent progress much more work needs to be done for massive reparations programs to respond better to the needs of women. This article, resting as it does on a comprehensive conception of reparations, outlines both the procedural and substantive components of reparations programs necessary for the programs to fulfill the goal of providing (partial) justice to women.