ABSTRACT
This chapter examines whether corporations have an international legal obligation in post-conflict or post-repression situations to provide redress to victims of serious violations of human rights and humanitarian law. It shows how corporations could best contribute to reparation processes in states undergoing transitions. Transitional justice aims to deal with the legacy of past atrocities by applying four different branches of international law: international human rights law, international humanitarian law, international refugee law, and international criminal law. The Liberian truth and reconciliation commission (TRC) also dealt with abuses carried out by corporations, focusing in particular on economic crimes and violations of human rights law carried out by corporations. The final report of the Commission for Reception, Truth and Reconciliation (CAVR) in Timor-Leste noted that corporations have a legal obligation to provide reparations to victims.
