Richard Buxbaum quoted in Reuters, May 12, 2014
The families base their claim on the belief that Beijing did not forfeit the rights of individual war victims to seek compensation…. “German courts, interestingly enough, do not read these treaty waivers as barring such direct suits,” Richard Buxbaum, an expert on international reparations, said in emailed comments. He added that the courts, however, do bar them on other grounds such as statutes of limitations and prescriptions against “old” claims.