FINAL REMARKS This publication has reviewed some of the relevant international law instruments on reparations, against the background of the Basic Principles and Guidelines on the Right to a Remedy and Reparation for Victims of Gross Violations of International Human Rights Law and Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law. Additionally, it has raised some of the most difficult challenges that reparations programmes have faced in different parts of the world, especially those that can be properly and usefully addressed with the assistance and participation of the international community. It has not covered the internal politics of reparations. Establishing a reparations programme requires mobilizing large public resources and this is always at least in part a political struggle. Those who are interested in reparations must be prepared, at some point, to enter that arena. Most countries have domestic legislation that could be used in favour of reparations. International law on the subject is not entirely new. But reparation is not a legal issue alone. In addition to legal obligations, it is important to clarify the moral reasons for reparations, to address the political concerns and to be aware of the cultural aspects. 41