Truth Commissions and Procedural Fairness

Erscheinungsjahr 2006
ISBN: 978-0-521-61564-8
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 422 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 594 g

This is the first law book devoted entirely to the subject of truth commissions. The book sets forth standards of procedural fairness aimed at protecting the rights of those who come into contact with truth commissions - primarily victims and their families, witnesses, and perpetrators. The aim of the book is to provide recommended criteria of procedural fairness for five possible components of a truth commission's mandate: the taking of statements, the use of subpoenas, the exercise of powers of search and seizure, the holding of victim-centered public hearings, and the publication of findings of individual responsibility in a final report (sometimes called the issue of 'naming names'). The book draws on the experience of past and present truth commissions, analogous national and multilateral investigative bodies, and international and comparative standards of procedural fairness.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Freeman, Mark

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationale Menschen- und Minderheitenrechte, Kinderrechte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Menschenrechte, Bürgerrechte
• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationales Kriegsrecht, Territorialrecht, Humanitäres Recht

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword; Acknowledgments; Preface; Abbreviations; Part I: 1. Truth commissions; 2. Procedural fairness; Part II: 3. Statement-taking; 4. Subpoena power; 5. Search and seizure power; 6. Public hearings; 7. Publication of findings of individual responsibility; Summary of recommendations; Appendices; Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Freeman, Mark
Mark Freeman is a lawyer and independent consultant on human rights issues affecting states in democratic and post-conflict transition. In the past year he has conducted missions to South Africa, Morocco, Sri Lanka, Colombia, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Kenya. He recently co-authored International Human Rights Law (Irwin Law Canada, 2004) and is currently a visiting professor at the University of Ottawa Law Faculty. He has published extensively on a variety of human rights topics in leading law and policy journals. He is former Senior Associate at the International Center for Transitional Justice.