Human Rights Education Associates

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

Author

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, NY, USA; Geneva, Switzerland

Year of Publication

2009

Language

English

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.
Training of Professional Groups
TP: Human rights monitors
Human rights-based approach, International humanitarian law, Post-conflict environments, Transitional justice

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