Truth Commissions and Courts
The Tension Between Criminal Justice and the Search for Truth
Criminal justice for human rights abuses committed during periods of political repression or dictatorship is one of the great challenges to post-con?ict societies. In many cases, there has been no justice at all. Sometimes serious political concerns that e?orts at accountability might upset fragile peace settlements have militated in favour of no action and no accountability. In many cases, the outgoing tyrants have conditioned their departure upon a pledge that there be no prosecutions. But thinking on these issues has evolved considerably in recent years. Largely driven by the view that collective amnesia amounts to a violation of fundament…
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Weitere Autoren: Schabas, William A. (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-90-481-6818-7
- EAN: 9789048168187
- Produktnummer: 10318932
- Verlag: Springer Netherlands
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2010
- Seitenangabe: 280 S.
- Masse: H23.5 cm x B15.5 cm x D1.5 cm 429 g
- Auflage: Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2004
- Abbildungen: Paperback
- Gewicht: 429
Über den Autor
William A. Schabas is Professor of Human Rights Law at the National University of Ireland, Galway and Director of the Irish Centre for Human Rights. His numerous publications include Genocide in International Law (2000), The Abolition of the Death Penalty in International Law (third edition, 2003) and An Introduction to the International Criminal Court (second edition, 2004). He served as an international commissioner on the Sierra Leone Truth and Reconciliation Commission.Shane Darcy is a research associate at the Irish Centre for Human Rights at the National University of Ireland, Galway, from where he holds an LL.M in International Human Rights Law. He is the author of several journal articles and is currently Managing Editor of Criminal Law Forum.
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