The Right to The Truth in International Law: Victims’ Rights in Human Rights and International Criminal Law (Human Rights and International Law)

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Synopsis
The United Nations has established a right to the truth to be enjoyed by victims of gross violations of human rights. The origins of the right stem from the need to provide victims and relatives of the missing with a right to know what happened. It encompasses the verification and full public disclosure of the facts associated with the crimes from which they or their relatives suffered. The importance of the right to the truth is based on the belief that, by disclosing the truth, the suffering of victims is alleviated. This book analyses the emergence of this right, as a response to an understanding of the needs of victims, through to its development and application in two particular legal contexts: international human rights law and international criminal justice. The book examines in detail the application of the right through the case law and jurisprudence of international tribunals in the human rights and also the criminal justice context, as well as looking at its place in transitional justice. The theoretical foundations of the right to the truth are considered as well as the various objectives appropriate for different truth-seeking mechanisms. The book then goes on to discuss to what extent it can be understood, constructed and applied as a hard, legally enforceable right with correlating duties on various people and institutions including state agencies, prosecutors and judges.
Copyright:
2020

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Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
Book Size:
254 Pages
ISBN-13:
9781317335085
Related ISBNs:
9781315659787, 9781138961449, 9780367726867
Publisher:
Taylor and Francis
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Copyrighted By:
Melanie Klinkner and Howard Davis, The right of Melanie Klinkner and Howard Davis to be identified as authors of this work has been asserted by them in accordance with sections
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No
Language:
English
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No
Categories:
Nonfiction, Law, Legal Issues and Ethics, Politics and Government
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Bookshare Staff
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