In jurisprudence, reparation is replenishment of a previously inflicted loss by the criminal to the victim.
In 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, reparation include the following forms: restitution, compensation, rehabilitation, satisfaction and guarantees of non-repetition, whereby The principle of reparation dates back to the lex talionis of Hebrew Scripture.
Anglo-Saxon courts in England before the Norman conquest also contained this principle.
Under the English legal system judges must consider making a compensation order as part of the sentence for a crime.
Section 130 of the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000 requires the courts to explain their reasoning if they do not issue a compensation order.