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- Title
The Developing Jurisprudence on Amnesty.
- Authors
Roht-Arriaza, Naomi; Gibson, Lauren
- Abstract
The article discusses several cases concerning domestic amnesties for human rights violations. International law and international lawyers have played an important role in defining the terms of the debate on transitional justice. The paths chosen by states are now viewed as issues of international concern, rather than solely domestic matters. In the last ten years, there has been a sea of change, prompted both by the end of the cold war, and by recognition that failure to come to terms with past cycles of violations may lead to future violations. International human rights groups now routinely demand and assess accountability for past violations, and anti-impunity measures are no longer simply a question of national choice. International human rights bodies regularly call for investigation, prosecution, and redress for victims, increasingly, such bodies find that domestic blanket amnesties precluding both prosecution and civil redress violate states' obligations under international and regional human rights treaties.
- Subjects
AMNESTY; HUMAN rights; INTERNATIONAL law; JUSTICE; VICTIMS; SOCIAL role
- Publication
Human Rights Quarterly, 1998, Vol 20, Issue 4, p843
- ISSN
0275-0392
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1353/hrq.1998.0041