The Right to the Truth in International Law: Victims' Rights in Human Rights and International Criminal Law

ISBN-13: 9780367726867 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 254 str.

Melanie Klinkner; Howard Davis

Opis

This book analyses the emergence, development and application of the 'right to truth' as a response to an understanding of the needs of victims in two legal contexts: international human rights law and international criminal justice.

Spis treści

Chapter 1: The Need for Truth; Chapter 2: The emergence of a right to the truth; Chapter 3: Content of the right to the truth; Chapter 4: The public aspect of the Right to the Truth; Chapter 5: The Right to the Truth in different Fora; Chapter 6 The Inter-American Court & UNHCR; Chapter 7: The Right to the Truth at the European Court of Human Rights; Chapter 8: Truth Commissions and the right to the truth; Chapter 9: International Criminal Trials; Chapter 10: The Right to the Truth and the International Criminal Court; Chapter 11: Conclusion

O autorze

Melanie Klinkner is a Principal Academic in International Law at Bournemouth University, UK.

Howard Davis is Reader In Public Law at Bournemouth University, UK.