Remarks by Ashley Barnes. (2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Barnes, Ashley
• Is Part Of: Proceedings of the ... Annual Meeting. Volume 116(2022)
• Page Start: 211
• Page End: 213
• Publication Date: 2022
• Subjects: International law -- Congresses -- Periodicals; Congresses; 341.05
• DOI: 10.1017/amp.2023.9
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0272-5037

Abstract

Abstract : Violations of international law harm large numbers of individuals—in situations ranging from armed conflicts to environmental disasters. Legal and practical obstacles remain for these individuals in accessing justice under international law. 1 There are, however, early signs of change. My paper's contribution to the panel is in identifying a legal sensibility coalescing around new approaches to compensation for mass harms—what I call an emerging law of international compensation (or ELIC). ELIC is a combination of ideas, forms, practices, and procedures that provide previously unavailable opportunities for large numbers of individuals to seek redress at the international level. Looking more closely at various innovative approaches to compensation within a broader push for access to justice internationally, I discuss what is meant by ELIC, its key attributes, and why it matters.