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Rule-of-law Tools for Post-conflict States: Amnesties



Author(s)		United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

Publisher		United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

Place of Publication		New York and Geneva

Year of Publication		2009

ISBN/ISSN		978-92-1-154187-8

Language(s)		Arabic, Chinese, English, Russian, Spanish

Keywords		human rights monitors, staff of international organisations, arbitrary detention, criminal justice, international humanitarian law, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

Description		Amnesties identifies the principal rules of international law and United Nations policy that should guide United Nations personnel when confronted with draft amnesties. Examples of amnesties are provided to illustrate the rules of international law that are applicable when assessing an amnesty. This publication further considers the relationship between amnesties and various processes of transitional justice and provides guidance to practitioners who may encounter questions when seeking to apply the principles summarized in Amnesties to ambiguous situations in the field.

URL(s)		http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Publications/Amnest ies_ar.pdf Arabic http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Publications/Amnest ies_ch.pdf Chinese http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Publications/Amnest ies_en.pdf English http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Publications/Amnest ies_ru.pdf Russian http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Publications/Amnest ies_sp.pdf Spanish



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