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Kean University Human Rights Law 5 Questions

 

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1- What is “Reparations”?  Why is corporate rather than government reparations for slavery supported in the US?  State and explain ANY TWO flaws of reparations for slavery in the US.

2- What are the components of a genuine apology?  What specific apologies did Clinton offer during his 1998 African trip?

3- Is restorative justice preferable to punitive justice as a response to human rights abuses?  Defend your position.

4- Should individuals be held responsible for war crimes and human rights abuses perpetrated by their forebearers?  In other words, should individuals be held morally responsible for the “sins of their fathers”?  Who has the moral authority to apologize for human rights abuses or war crimes?

5- Do truth commissions do a good job of promoting justice for individual perpetrators and victims of war crimes and human rights abuses?