Monetary Compensation for Survivors of Torture: Some Lessons from Nepal
Nepali Compensation Relating to Torture Act (1996) is one of the earliest pieces of anti-torture legislation adopted in the global South
Abstract
This article examines the conditions under which survivors of torture are awarded compensation in Nepal, and asks what lessons does this have for broader struggles to win monetary compensation for torture survivors?
This work is part of ‘A Comparative Analysis of the Documentation of Torture and Ill-Treatment in Low-Income Countries’ project supported by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and the UK Department for International Development.
Citation
Jeevan Raj Sharma, Tobias Kelly; Monetary Compensation for Survivors of Torture: Some Lessons from Nepal, Journal of Human Rights Practice, Volume 10, Issue 2, 1 July 2018, Pages 307–326, https://doi.org/10.1093/jhuman/huy021
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