Amnesty, Serious Crimes and International Law

Amnesty, Serious Crimes and International Law
Author: Josepha Close
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 274
Release: 2019-05-16
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1351180215

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.

Amnesty as a Public Policy Tool for Countering Insurgence in Nigeria

Amnesty as a Public Policy Tool for Countering Insurgence in Nigeria
Author: Dr Ayodeji a Dada
Publisher:
Total Pages: 112
Release: 2020-01-02
Genre:
ISBN: 9781654230623

Dr. Ayodeji Ayodele Dada is an avid scholar who migrated to the United States in 2005. Dr. Dada earned his undergraduate degree in Economics and Finance from Kean University and his Ph.D. in Public Policy and Administration from Walden University. This book provides much-needed answers to whether amnesty is an appropriate public policy tool to address a much more comprehensive audience. It explores and examines amnesty as a public policy tool in countering insurgency in Nigeria. The conflict theory plays a significant role to ascertain if the continuing conflict can end the protracted violence in Nigeria and bring long-term peace. The significant key is to determine measures to be adopted in achieving significant objectives of the amnesty program by eradicating violence in the Republic of Nigeria. The questions of amnesty cannot be undermined because the amnesty program is a mechanism the government can use in resolving disagreements, conflicts and in stimulating widespread economic, social, and political growth for the county.

Human Rights and Conflict Resolution

Human Rights and Conflict Resolution
Author: Claudia Fuentes Julio
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 309
Release: 2017-11-22
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1315409356

Human rights and conflict resolution have been traditionally perceived as two separate fields, sometimes in competition or in tension and occasionally with contradictory approaches towards achieving a lasting peace. Although human rights norms have been incorporated and institutionalized by various national, regional, and international organizations that deal with conflict resolution, negotiators and mediators are often pressured in practice to overlook international human rights principles in favor of compliance and more immediate outcomes. The chapters in this volume navigate the relationship between human rights and conflict resolution by fleshing out practical, conceptual, and institutional encounters of the two agendas and engaging with lessons learned and windows of opportunities for mutual learning. Recognizing the increasing relevance of this debate and important gaps in the current research on the topic, this book addresses the following questions: How can we improve our practical and theoretical understanding of the complementarity between human rights and conflict resolution? How would a human rights-based approach to conflict resolution look like? How are international, regional, and national organizations promoting, implementing, and/or adapting to better coordinate between human rights and conflict resolution? Building on empirical evidence from contemporary conflict resolution processes, how have human rights been integrated in different efforts on the ground? What are the main lessons learned in this regard? Examining a wide range of countries and issues, this work is essential reading for human rights, conflict resolution, and security experts including scholars, diplomats, policy-makers, civil society representatives, and students of international politics.

Organization of African Unity

Organization of African Unity
Author: Amnesty International
Publisher:
Total Pages: 56
Release: 1998
Genre: Human rights
ISBN:

The document looks first at the African Commission on Human and peoples' Rights as the mecanisme created by the OAU specifically to promote and protect human rights. Then it examines the other mecanisms of the OAU and their role in human rights protection. Finally, it makes recommendations regardingthe important role which the political organs should play in preventing human rights violations. (Adapted from the Summary).

The Legal Legacy of the Special Court for Sierra Leone

The Legal Legacy of the Special Court for Sierra Leone
Author: Charles C. Jalloh
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 423
Release: 2020-07-16
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1107178312

Explores how the first treaty-based UN international tribunal's judges innovatively applied the law to perpetrators of international crimes in one of the worst conflicts in recent history.

International Conflict Resolution After the Cold War

International Conflict Resolution After the Cold War
Author: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
Total Pages: 640
Release: 2000-11-07
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0309171733

The end of the Cold War has changed the shape of organized violence in the world and the ways in which governments and others try to set its limits. Even the concept of international conflict is broadening to include ethnic conflicts and other kinds of violence within national borders that may affect international peace and security. What is not yet clear is whether or how these changes alter the way actors on the world scene should deal with conflict: Do the old methods still work? Are there new tools that could work better? How do old and new methods relate to each other? International Conflict Resolution After the Cold War critically examines evidence on the effectiveness of a dozen approaches to managing or resolving conflict in the world to develop insights for conflict resolution practitioners. It considers recent applications of familiar conflict management strategies, such as the use of threats of force, economic sanctions, and negotiation. It presents the first systematic assessments of the usefulness of some less familiar approaches to conflict resolution, including truth commissions, "engineered" electoral systems, autonomy arrangements, and regional organizations. It also opens up analysis of emerging issues, such as the dilemmas facing humanitarian organizations in complex emergencies. This book offers numerous practical insights and raises key questions for research on conflict resolution in a transforming world system.

Amnesty in the Age of Human Rights Accountability

Amnesty in the Age of Human Rights Accountability
Author: Francesca Lessa
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 457
Release: 2012-05-28
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1107025001

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.