End Impunity : justice for the victims of torture.
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| Imprint: | London : Amnesty International, 2001. |
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| Description: | v, 139 p. : ill., ports. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | E-Resource Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4594774 |
Table of Contents:
- Ch. 1. No lasting reconciliation without justice
- The toll of impunity
- Bringing perpetrators to justice
- Providing reparations to victims
- The turning tide
- Ch. 2. The crime of torture and related crimes under international law
- Sources in international law of the prohibition of torture
- Torture as an independent crime
- The crime against humanity of torture
- The war crime of torture
- Ancillary crimes
- What is on the accessory's mind?
- Rape and other sexual crimes
- Ill-treatment: a crime under international law
- Ch. 3. Victims' right to reparations
- The right to an effective remedy
- Restitution, compensation and rehabilitation
- Civil actions in foreign courts
- Ch. 4. Injustice at home
- Barriers to criminal investigations, prosecutions and convictions
- Flaws in the national legal framework
- Statutes of limitation
- Impunity through legislation facilitating torture
- Impunity through obstruction of justice
- Lack of prompt and impartial investigations
- Failure to prosecute
- Convictions which disregard the seriousness of the crime
- Amnesties and pardons
- Is your country a safe haven for alleged torturers?
- Ch. 5. Justice abroad
- The exercise of universal jurisdiction by national courts
- Justice abroad as a tool for justice at home
- International criminal tribunals and courts
- Ch. 6. Recommendations
- The criminalization of torture
- The right of victims
- International justice. App. 1. Amnesty International's 12-Point Program for the Prevention of Torture by Agents of the State
- App. 2. Amnesty International's 14 Principles on the Effective Exercise of Universal Jurisdiction
- App. 3. Amnesty International's Summary Checklist for the Implementation of the Statute of the International Criminal Court.
