Overview
- Explores the tension between the work of truth commissions and criminal courts in addressing serious human rights abuses in post-conflict situations
- Presents country examples such as Guatemala, East Timor, Peru, Sierra Leone and Northern Ireland
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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About this book
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
William A. Schabas is Professor of Human Rights Law at the National University of Ireland, Galway and Director of the Irish Centre for Human Rights. His numerous publications include Genocide in International Law (2000), The Abolition of the Death Penalty in International Law (third edition, 2003) and An Introduction to the International Criminal Court (second edition, 2004). He served as an international commissioner on the Sierra Leone Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
Shane Darcy is a research associate at the Irish Centre for Human Rights at the National University of Ireland, Galway, from where he holds an LL.M in International Human Rights Law. He is the author of several journal articles and is currently Managing Editor of Criminal Law Forum.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Truth Commissions and Courts
Book Subtitle: The Tension Between Criminal Justice and the Search for Truth
Editors: William Schabas, Shane Darcy
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-3237-0
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
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eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2004
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-3223-3Published: 18 February 2005
Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-6818-7Published: 01 December 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4020-3237-0Published: 12 October 2007
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VI, 272
Additional Information: Reprinted from CRIMINAL LAW FORUM, 15:1-2, 2004
Topics: Criminology and Criminal Justice, general, Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure Law, Private International Law, International & Foreign Law, Comparative Law , Political Science