The End of ‘the end of impunity’? The International Criminal Court and the Challenge from Truth Commissions

With its express intention ‘to put an end to impunity’, the International Criminal Court (ICC) faces a substantial challenge in the shape of conditional amnesties granted in future national truth commissions (TCs)—a challenge that invokes fundamental considerations of criminal justice ethics. In thi...

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Published in:Res publica (Liverpool, England) England), 2010-05, Vol.16 (2), p.209-225
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Ethics
International Court
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Legal History
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Philosophy of Law
Political Philosophy
Political Theory
Theories of Law
Truth
Truth and Reconciliation Commissions
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