A great deal has been written about what reparations for atrocity crimes ought to be. Remarkably little is known about what they produce — in people's lives, in their communities, and in their sense of achieving justice.

AFTER-REP is a five-year study of what happens after reparations are ordered. It is building the first open database of evidence on the consequences of reparations worldwide, and follows three landmark cases in the DR Congo, Kenya, and Argentina.