AMENDS AND REPARATIONS FOR CIVILIAN HARM IN ARMED CONFLICT

Amends Amends refers to the “practice of warring parties providing recognition and assistance to civilians they Amends refers to the harm within the lawful parameters of their combat operations.”5 Depending on the national framework “practice of warring parties and type of amends a state awards, they may take the form of “ex gratia payments,” “solatia payments,” providing recognition and “condolen. [...] Not knowing the fate of the missing can mean an inability to carry on or rehabilitate for the individuals or communities affected.18 Making amends for civilian harm in armed conflict is also key to protecting the livelihood of those affected and to enhancing the resilience of civilians and communities to the effects of armed conflict, and can help victims and communities recover from the losses ca. [...] Striving to avoid repetition of harmful acts, and to prevent future harmful acts, can in and of itself be a form of amends.24 In the context of harm stemming from unlawful acts, it can be a legal obligation to provide guarantees of non-repetition as part of reparation. [...] 7 Mahanty, McAvoy and Henry, “The US Military and Post-Harm Amends Policy and Programs”; Oswald, Bruce and Bethany Wellington, “Reparations for Violations in Armed Conflict and the Emerging Practice of Making Amends” in Routledge Handbook of the Law of Armed Conflict, ed. [...] 18 Baranowska, Grazyna, “Advances and Progresses in the Obligation to Return the Remains of Missing and Forcibly Disappeared Persons,” International Review of the Red Cross 99:2 (2017): 714; “Operational Best Practices Regarding the Management of Human Remains and Information on the Dead by Non-Specialists for all armed forces for all humanitarian organizations,” International Committee of the Red.