The Right to Reparation for War-Affected Children Special Focus on Bosnia and Herzegovina
The Right to Reparation for War-Affected Children Special Focus on Bosnia and Herzegovina

Summary/Abstract: As it has been pointed out M.Cherif Bassiouni from the mid 20th century to the present, wars, insurgencies, ethnic unrest and the repressive actions of authoritarian regimes have produced enormous human suffering and the deaths of tens of millions, the majority of whom have been civilians. A consistent part of those civilians, killed or injured, are children. What happen to the children in the aftermath of these heinous crimes? International law provides a range of remedies for victims of gross human rights violations and serious violations of international humanitarian law. According to article 39 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, child-victims should also benefit from those remedies, in particular from reparations programs and efforts set up by the State. The aim of the present contribution is twofold: it is meant to provide first the readers with a general overview of the right to reparation for child-victims and then it will focus on the implementation of the right to education in the Bosnian context as a form of rehabilitation for the children directly or indirectly involved in the war which occurred in BiH.

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