Reparations
The Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany, which recently won a substantial new award for holocaust victims, continues to set precedent by Michael Z. Wise
Could this be a precedent for nation-states or community with post conflict crisis? “Before the 1952 agreements there was no precedent in international law for a nation-state to assume responsibility for crimes it committed against a minority within its jurisdiction, and no precedent for collective claims of this kind. Even if nothing can call the dead back to life or obliterate the crimes, Nahum Goldmann wrote in his memoirs, “this agreement is one of the few great victories for moral principles in modern times.” Pragmatism went hand in hand with morality for both German and Jewish negotiators. ”
See report: The Atlantic Monthly; October 1993; Volume 272, No. 4; pages 32-35