Federico Lenzerini is Professor of Law, University of Siena (Italy) and Consultant to UNESCO (Paris)

• I INTERNATIONAL LAW, REPARATIONS FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES ; 1. Reparations for Indigenous Peoples in International and Comparative Law: An Introduction ; 2. The Contemporary Evolution of International Law: Is the International Community Ready to Grant Reparations for Human Rights Violations? ; 3. Reparations for Indigenous Peoples: The Present Value of Past Wrongs ; 4. The Trail of Broken Dreams: The Status of Indigenous Peoples in International Law ; 5. Indigenous Peoples, Afro-Indigenous People and Reparations ; 6. Indigenous Peoples and Psychosocial Reparation: The Vision of Latin American Indigenous Communities ; II REPARATIONS TO INDIGENOUS PEOPLES: INTERNATIONAL, REGIONAL AND NATIONAL APPROACHES ; 7. Reparations for Indigenous Peoples: Global International Instruments and Institutions ; 8. Indigenous Land Rights: The Challenge of Reparation ; 9. Reparations for Cultural Loss ; 10. In Praise of Guilt: How the Yearning for Moral Purity Blocks Reparations for Native Americans ; 11. An American Indian Reparations Strategy: Repairing Federal Indian Law ; 12. Genocide Against the Chiricahua Apache Peoples. The Need For Reparations ; 13. Reparations for Indigenous Peoples in Canada ; 14. Reparations for Indigenous Peoples in the Case Law of the Interamerican Court of Human Rights ; 15. Reparations for Indigenous Peoples in Two Selected Latin American Countries ; 16. Reparations for Indigenous Peoples in Europe: The Case of the Sami People ; 17. Reparations for Indigenous Peoples in Africa ; 18. International Law and Reparations for Indigenous Peoples in Asia ; 19. Reparations for Masyarakat Adat in Indonesia: A Sombre Tale ; 20. The Persistent Absence of a Foundational Principle? Indigenous Australians, Proprietary and Family Reparations ; 21. Reparations for Maori Grievances in Aotearoa New Zealand ; III BEST PRACTICES AND STRATEGIES OF REPARATIONS TO INDIGENOUS PEOPLES ; 22. Conclusive Note: An Attempt to Define Best Practices and Strategies for Maximizing the Concrete Chances of Reparation for Injuries Suffered by Indigenous Peoples

As Lenzerini rightly concludes, the question of reparations for indigenous peoples - in addition to a legal question - often constitutes a philosophical and social question. Thus, the publication addresses the limitations arising in this context by not only elaborating on the judicial barriers but also the psychological grounds for refusing the implementation of a full reparation program...the book provides a very valuable and important study on the matter and its detailed examples on state practice and litigation processes possess considerable value both for scholars and practitioners alike.