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200 14$aThe right to truth in international law$b[electronic resource] $evictims' rights in human rights and international criminal law /$fMelanie Klinkner, Howard Davis
210  1$aAbingdon, Oxon [UK] ;$aNew York, NY :$cRoutledge,$d2019.
215   $a1 online resource (286 pages)
300   $aIncludes index.
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327   $aThe need for truth -- The emergence of a right to the truth -- Content of the right to the truth -- The public aspect of the right to the truth -- The right to the truth in different fora -- The Inter-American Court of Human Rights and the United Nations Human Rights Committee -- The right to the truth at the European Court of Human Rights -- Truth commissions and the right to the truth -- International criminal trials -- The right to the truth and the International Criminal Court.
330   $aThe United Nations has established a right to the truth to be enjoyed by victims of gross violations of human rights. The origins of the right stem from the need to provide victims and relatives of the missing with a right to know what happened. It encompasses the verification and full public disclosure of the facts associated with the crimes from which they or their relatives suffered. The importance of the right to the truth is based on the belief that, by disclosing the truth, the suffering of victims is alleviated. This book analyses the emergence of this right, as a response to an understanding of the needs of victims, through to its development and application in two particular legal contexts: international human rights law and international criminal justice. The book examines in detail the application of the right through the case law and jurisprudence of international tribunals in the human rights and also the criminal justice context, as well as looking at its place in transitional justice. The theoretical foundations of the right to the truth are considered as well as the various objectives appropriate for different truth-seeking mechanisms. The book then goes on to discuss to what extent it can be understood, constructed and applied as a hard, legally enforceable right with correlating duties on various people and institutions including state agencies, prosecutors and judges.
606   $aInternational law and human rights
606   $aTruth commissions
606   $aVictims of crimes$xLegal status, laws, etc
606   $aInternational criminal law
606   $aCriminal justice, Administration of
606   $aTruth
615  0$aInternational law and human rights.
615  0$aTruth commissions.
615  0$aVictims of crimes$xLegal status, laws, etc.
615  0$aInternational criminal law.
615  0$aCriminal justice, Administration of.
615  0$aTruth.
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700   $aKlinkner$b Melanie$01260461
702   $aDavis$b Howard$f1948 September 22-
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