International crimes are not subject to statute of limitations, but what can be done when their perpetrators, sometimes tried decades after the facts, have become senile, demented, and can no longer understand the proceedings?
Compensation for victims of mass crimes after all?
While he welcomes the intense recent developments in the field of international law, with several cases of states or suspects under judicial scrutiny. Alain Werner, director of Civitas Maxima, warns that one should not raise hopes of compensation for victims of mass crimes without being able to ensure that these compensations can actually be provided.
