title: Compensating victims of armed conflict: evidence from the European Court of Human Rights
abstract: This chapter presents an overview of inter-state cases brought before the European Court of Human Rights in the context of armed conflict and the ways in which the Court has dealt with the compensation of victims. Although the Court awarded substantial sums of damages, the chapter questions whether the Court is able to address the broader background of cases situated in armed conflict, especially regarding the discrimination of ethnic groups. The cases Cyprus v. Turkey and Georgia v. Russia (I) 
journal: Edward Elgar Publishing eBooks