Amnesties Accountability And Human Rights

Author : Renée Jeffery
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2014-06-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780812209419

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Amnesties, Accountability, and Human Rights by Renée Jeffery Pdf

For the last thirty years, documented human rights violations have been met with an unprecedented rise in demands for accountability. This trend challenges the use of amnesties which typically foreclose opportunities for criminal prosecutions that some argue are crucial to transitional justice. Recent developments have seen amnesties circumvented, overturned, and resisted by lawyers, states, and judiciaries committed to ending impunity for human rights violations. Yet, despite this global movement, the use of amnesties since the 1970s has not declined. Amnesties, Accountability, and Human Rights examines why and how amnesties persist in the face of mounting pressure to prosecute the perpetrators of human rights violations. Drawing on more than 700 amnesties instituted between 1970 and 2005, Renée Jeffery maps out significant trends in the use of amnesty and offers a historical account of how both the use and the perception of amnesty has changed. As mechanisms to facilitate transitions to democracy, to reconcile divided societies, or to end violent conflicts, amnesties have been adapted to suit the competing demands of contemporary postconflict politics and international accountability norms. Through the history of one evolving political instrument, Amnesties, Accountability, and Human Rights sheds light on the changing thought, practice, and goals of human rights discourse generally.

Author : Francesca Lessa,Leigh A. Payne
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 457 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2012-05-28
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781107025004

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Amnesty in the Age of Human Rights Accountability by Francesca Lessa,Leigh A. Payne Pdf

This edited volume brings together well-established and emerging scholars of transitional justice to discuss the persistence of amnesty in the age of human rights accountability. The volume attempts to reframe debates, moving beyond the limited approaches of 'truth versus justice' or 'stability versus accountability' in which many of these issues have been cast in the existing scholarship. The theoretical and empirical contributions in this book offer new ways of understanding and tackling the enduring persistence of amnesty in the age of accountability. In addition to cross-national studies, the volume encompasses eleven country cases of amnesty for past human rights violations: Argentina, Brazil, Cambodia, El Salvador, Guatemala, Indonesia, Rwanda, South Africa, Spain, Uganda and Uruguay. The volume goes beyond merely describing these case studies, but also considers what we learn from them in terms of overcoming impunity and promoting accountability to contribute to improvements in human rights and democracy.

Author : Mark Freeman
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 375 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2009-11-30
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781139485609

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Necessary Evils by Mark Freeman Pdf

This book is about amnesties for grave international crimes that states adopt in moments of transition or social unrest. The subject is naturally controversial, especially in the age of the International Criminal Court. The goal of this book is to reframe and revitalise the global debate on the subject and to offer an original framework for resolving amnesty dilemmas when they arise. Most literature and jurisprudence on amnesties deal with only a small subset of state practice and sidestep the ambiguity of amnesty's position under international law. This book addresses the ambiguity head on and argues that amnesties of the broadest scope are sometimes defensible when adopted as a last recourse in contexts of mass violence. Drawing on an extensive amnesty database, the book offers detailed guidance on how to ensure that amnesties extend the minimum leniency possible, while imposing the maximum accountability on the beneficiaries.

Author : Renée Jeffery
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2021-03-18
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781108838108

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Negotiating Peace by Renée Jeffery Pdf

A study of how and why amnesties for human rights violations remain a prevalent feature of peace processes in Asia.

Author : Angelika Schlunck
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Amnesty
ISBN : STANFORD:36105063193499

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Amnesty Versus Accountability by Angelika Schlunck Pdf

Author : Josepha Close
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2019-05-16
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781351180214

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Amnesty, Serious Crimes and International Law by Josepha Close Pdf

Amnesty, Serious Crimes and International Law examines the permissibility of amnesties for serious crimes in the contemporary international order. In the last few decades, there has been a growing tendency to consider that amnesties are prohibited in respect of certain grave crimes. However, the question remains controversial as there is no explicit treaty ban and general amnesties continue to be frequently issued in post-conflict and transitional contexts. The first part of the book explores the use of amnesties from antiquity to the present day. It reviews amnesty traditions in ancient societies and provides a global picture of modern amnesties. In parallel, it traces the development of the accountability paradigm underpinning the current prohibitive stance on amnesties. The second part assesses the position of modern international law on amnesties. It comprehensively analyses the main arguments supporting the existence of a general amnesty ban, including the duty to prosecute international crimes, the right to redress of victims of human rights violations, international standards and trends in state practice, and the mandate of international criminal courts. The book argues that, while international legal or policy requirements restrict the freedom of states to extend amnesty in respect of serious crimes, or the effectiveness of amnesty measures in preventing the prosecution of such crimes, these restrictions do not add up to an absolute and universal prohibition.

Author : Elin Skaar,Jemima Garcia-Godos,Cath Collins
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2016-10-27
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781317526209

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Transitional Justice in Latin America by Elin Skaar,Jemima Garcia-Godos,Cath Collins Pdf

This book addresses current developments in transitional justice in Latin America – effectively the first region to undergo concentrated transitional justice experiences in modern times. Using a comparative approach, it examines trajectories in truth, justice, reparations, and amnesties in countries emerging from periods of massive violations of human rights and humanitarian law. The book examines the cases of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Guatemala, El Salvador, Paraguay, Peru and Uruguay, developing and applying a common analytical framework to provide a systematic, qualitative and comparative analysis of their transitional justice experiences. More specifically, the book investigates to what extent there has been a shift from impunity towards accountability for past human rights violations in Latin America. Using ‘thick’, but structured, narratives – which allow patterns to emerge, rather than being imposed – the book assesses how the quality, timing and sequencing of transitional justice mechanisms, along with the context in which they appear, have mattered for the nature and impact of transitional justice processes in the region. Offering a new approach to assessing transitional justice, and challenging many assumptions in the established literature, this book will be of enormous benefit to scholars and others working in this area.

Author : Annelen Micus
Publisher : Martinus Nijhoff Publishing
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2015-08-20
Category : Law
ISBN : 9004289720

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The Inter-American Human Rights System As a Safeguard for Justice in National Transitions by Annelen Micus Pdf

In 'The Inter-American Human Rights System as a Safeguard for Justice in National Transitions', Annelen Micus analyses the impact of the Inter-American Human Rights System on transitional justice processes in Latin America, with a focus on Argentina, Chile and Peru.

Author : Steven R. Ratner,Jason S. Abrams
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 492 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : History
ISBN : 0198298714

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Accountability for Human Rights Atrocities in International Law by Steven R. Ratner,Jason S. Abrams Pdf

The fall of dictatorial regimes and the eruption of civil conflicts around the world have resulted in individuals being held accountable for human rights atrocities. This text details the promise and limitations of international law as a means of enforcing human rights and humanitarian law.

Author : Louise Mallinder
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 632 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2008-09-10
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781847314574

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Amnesty, Human Rights and Political Transitions by Louise Mallinder Pdf

Amnesty laws are political tools used since ancient times by states wishing to quell dissent, introduce reforms, or achieve peaceful relationships with their enemies. In recent years, they have become contentious due to a perception that they violate international law, particularly the rights of victims, and contribute to further violence. This view is disputed by political negotiators who often argue that amnesty is a necessary price to pay in order to achieve a stable, peaceful, and equitable system of government. This book aims to investigate whether an amnesty necessarily entails a violation of a state's international obligations, or whether an amnesty, accompanied by alternative justice mechanisms, can in fact contribute positively to both peace and justice. This study began by constructing an extensive Amnesty Law Database that contains information on 506 amnesty processes in 130 countries introduced since the Second World War. The database and chapter structure were designed to correspond with the key aspects of an amnesty: why it was introduced, who benefited from its protection, which crimes it covered, and whether it was conditional. In assessing conditional amnesties, related transitional justice processes such as selective prosecutions, truth commissions, community-based justice mechanisms, lustration, and reparations programmes were considered. Subsequently, the jurisprudence relating to amnesty from national courts, international tribunals, and courts in third states was addressed. The information gathered revealed considerable disparity in state practice relating to amnesties, with some aiming to provide victims with a remedy, and others seeking to create complete impunity for perpetrators. To date, few legal trends relating to amnesty laws are emerging, although it appears that amnesties offering blanket, unconditional immunity for state agents have declined. Overall, amnesties have increased in popularity since the 1990s and consequently, rather than trying to dissuade states from using this tool of transitional justice, this book argues that international actors should instead work to limit the more negative forms of amnesty by encouraging states to make them conditional and to introduce complementary programmes to repair the harm and prevent a repetition of the crimes. David Dyzenhaus "This is one of the best accounts in the truth and reconciliation literature I've read and certainly the best piece of work on amnesty I've seen." Diane Orentlicher "Ms Mallinder's ambitious project provides the kind of empirical treatment that those of us who have worked on the issue of amnesties in international law have long awaited. I have no doubt that her book will be a much-valued and widely-cited resource."

Author : Karen Engle,Zinaida Miller,D. M. Davis
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2016-12-15
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781107079878

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Anti-Impunity and the Human Rights Agenda by Karen Engle,Zinaida Miller,D. M. Davis Pdf

This volume presents and critiques the distorted effects of the international human rights movement's focus on the fight against impunity.

Author : Faustin Ntoubandi
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2007-10-15
Category : Law
ISBN : 9789047422303

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Amnesty for Crimes against Humanity under International Law by Faustin Ntoubandi Pdf

Drawing on crystallizing trends in State's practice in respect of amnesty, this book provides a comprehensive legal framework within which grants of amnesty can be reconciled with the duty to prosecute core crimes under international law.

Author : Ole Bubenzer
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2009-10-31
Category : Law
ISBN : 9789047430476

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Post-TRC Prosecutions in South Africa by Ole Bubenzer Pdf

This book offers the first comprehensive analysis and evaluation of criminal prosecutions required after the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s amnesty process, putting the issue into a normative and practical perspective of transitional justice in South Africa.

Author : Amnesty International
Publisher : Amnesty International British Section
Page : 419 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2012-05-01
Category : Law
ISBN : 0862104726

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Amnesty International Report 2012 by Amnesty International Pdf

The Amnesty International Report 2012 documents the state of human rights in 155 countries and territories in 2011. Throughout the year the demand for human rights resounded around the globe. The year began with protests in countries where freedom of expression and freedom of assemblywere routinely repressed. But by the end of the year, discontent and outrage at the failure of governments to ensure justice, security and human dignity had ignited protests across the world. A common strand linking these protests, whether in Cairo or New York, was how quick governments were to prevent peaceful protest and silence dissent. Those who took to the streets displayed immense courage in the face of often brutal crackdowns and overwhelming use of lethal force. In a year of unrest, transition and conflict, too many people are still denied their most basic rights. As demands for better governance and respect for human rights grow, this report shows that world leaders have yet to rise to the challenge.

Author : Amnesty International Publications
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2013-05-23
Category : Civil rights
ISBN : 0862104807

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Amnesty International Report 2013 by Amnesty International Publications Pdf

This report documents the state of human rights in 159 countries and territories during the year 2012.