Dragan Novović *
WAR DAMAGES AND COMPENSATION A brief overview of some of the issues related to WWII compensation for war damage
Summary
War damage always affects personal civil rights. At the end of the Second World War, neither the legislation of the former Yugoslavia nor the Serbian legislation, after the breakup of Yugoslavia, had yet answered the question of how individuals would compensate for war damage suffered. In this paper, the author analyzes national and international regulations governing liability for damages, and various approaches to solving the problem of collecting war claims. Finally, it is concluded that international law does not contain elements of coercion against war-makers and states responsible for paying war damages, and that international policy on the relation of forces in the world applies jus ad bellum.
Key words: War damage, War damages collection, Hague conventions, Geneva conventions.