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17 March 2021, 14:00-20:15

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Reparation for Gross Violations of International Human Rights Law and Grave Breaches of International Humanitarian Law

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This one-day online conference – co-organized with AUWCL’s Center of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law and the RFK Center for Human Rights – will convene experts in international law for two separate panel discussions on the right to reparation under international law.

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