The Nuhanovic Foundation

WHAT WE DO

LEGAL ACTION
& LITIGATION
We work with survivors of international crimes and gross human rights violations and facilitate access to justice mechanisms in the Netherlands.
ADVICE, INFORMATION
& ADVOCACY
We provide access to information and conduct advocacy to champion the right of survivors to redress and reparations.
RESEARCH
& IMPACT MEASUREMENT
We identify and measure the impact of litigation for international crimes through our reparations database and interdisciplinary research.

WHERE WE WORK

We supported litigation
and establishment of
a legal clinic by the
Colombian Jose Alvear
Restrepo Lawyers Collective.

We provided support to
Mohamed Badawi, human
rights lawyer and coordinator
of the Amel Centre for the
Treatment and Rehabilitation
of Victims of Torture in el
Fashir in Sudan.

We support legal action by
civilian victims of war seeking
to hold the Dutch State
accountable for its military
actions in Afghanistan.

Litigation support for
relatives of individuals
who were unlawfully
executed by Dutch military
personnel during the Dutch
occupation of Indonesia.

We support legal action by
civilian victims of war seeking
to hold the Dutch State
accountable for its military
actions in Iraq.

We have provided financial
and legal support in the civil
case brought by Ismail Ziada
against commanders of the
Israeli Defence Forces. We
also support cases against
Dutch corporations for their
activities in the West Bank.

We have facilitated the
participation of witnesses and
a direct victim in the case of
the Dutch Public Prosecutor
against Mustafa A. (alleged
member of Liwa Al Quds).

We supported the case of
Nuhanović & Mustafić vs the
State of the Netherlands, with
the victims finally receiving
compensation from the Dutch
State in 2015.

We support Ukrainian
survivors of international
crimes in their fight for
justice, accountability and
reparation through our
project, Ukraine Legal
Network.

Ongoing litigation support
and advocacy for cases of
international crimes.

We support ongoing litigation
against former Surinamese
president Desi Bouterse in the
1982 ‘December Murders’
case.

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Reparations Database Records

Litigation Support

The Nuhanovic Foundation supports survivors of international crimes and grave human rights violations seeking reparations and redress through legal action.

We support victims and survivors through information, financial assistance, and access to legal expertise, in addition to facilitating participation of survivor communities in national and international justice mechanisms.

REPARATIONS DATABASE

When victims of international crimes decide to initiate litigation, it is important to analyse the impact and effects of such legal action, both from a procedural standpoint, and in terms of the law as an agent of societal change. 

To measure this impact, The Nuhanovic Foundation maintains a comprehensive thematic database on war reparations that includes legal instruments, cases, reports, and scholarship on the developing law of reparations. Our database is a dynamic, open access tool that represents and contributes to the development of the law through a collection of reparation cases, reports on reparation cases, and more.

latest news

14 December 2023
Ismail Ziada, Dutch Palestinian war crimes victim, announces case against the Netherlands at the European Court of Human Rights
Ismail Ziada announced the forthcoming filing of a case against The Netherlands before the ECtHR.
12 December 2023
Press release | Research Report: Unfinished Past - Deprivation and Restoration of Rights of Jewish Residents in the Municipalities of Maastricht, Amby, and Heer
On Wednesday, September 27th 2023, the final research report titled Unfinished Past -Deprivation and...
23 November 2022
Press release | Verdict by The District Court of The Hague in Chora case
The Court ruled that the bombing by Dutch military of a Quala was unlawful and that the State must pay...

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