Introduction: New Frontiers in Reparations since Factory at Chorzów

Almost a century has passed since the judgment in the case concerning the Factory at Chorzów by the Permanent Court of International Justice in 1928. This judgment provided the principle for reparations under international law that is still applied today. This volume of the Netherlands Yearbook of International Law examines this case and subsequent developments to study the development of reparations around the world. It focuses particularly on the influence of international humanitarian, criminal, and human rights law on reparations and the shift from a State to a victim-centric approach. The chapters in the volume include traditional legal research as well as empirical studies that bring to light views of victims/survivors in places like Cambodia and Senegal. The chapters reveal the difficulty of reparations in practice and the need to reinvest in fulfilling the rights of victims to a remedy.