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International Justice, Accountability and Reconciliation: Diminishing Impunity in International Law

Hustins, Nancy-Louise E.
June 4, 2015

Source: (2004) Presented at the 18th International Conference for the International Society for the Reform of Criminal Law, Montreal, Canada.

This paper will consider the definition of impunity, the context of transitional
justice and the emerging norm in international law that requires successor regimes to investigate, prosecute and provide redress for gross violations of human rights. (excerpt)

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