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Truth Commissions and Courts: The Tension Between Criminal Justice and the Search for Truth
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Paperback. Editor(s): Schabas, William A.; Darcy, Shane. Num Pages: 278 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 397.
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 fundamental human ... Read more
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 fundamental human ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Springer
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789048168187
SKU
V9789048168187
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99-15
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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 ... Read more
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