In connection with the process of invoking the responsibility of the Russian Federation for the downing of flight MH17, the Minister of Foreign Affairs requested the Advisory Committee on Issues of Public International Law (CAVV) to prepare an advisory report on the determination of lump sum compensation for damage suffered by a group of individuals as a result of an internationally wrongful act. 

In this advisory report, the CAVV analyses how lump sum compensation for damage suffered by groups of individuals as a result of an internationally wrongful act is determined under international law,

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In this advisory report the CAVV addresses:

  • the legal framework applicable to lump sum agreements,
  • an analysis of lump sum agreements in which parties
    have agreed to compensation,
  • the practice of international courts, tribunals and
    claims commissions.