End impunity : justice for the victims of torture.
2001
JX4263.P3 En21 2001 (Map It)
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Title
End impunity : justice for the victims of torture.
Published
London : Amnesty International Pub., 2001.
Call Number
JX4263.P3 En21 2001
ISBN
086210307X
Description
[vi], 139 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
System Control No.
(OCoLC)48154274
Note
"AI Index: ACT 40/024/2001"--Title page verso.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 135-139).
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Portion of Title
Justice for the victims of torture.
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Table of Contents
Introduction
1
Ch. 1
No lasting reconciliation without justice
8
The toll of impunity
8
Bringing perpetrators to justice
14
Providing reparations to victims
19
The turning tide
20
Ch. 2
The crime of torture and related crimes under international law
25
Sources in international law of the prohibition of torture
26
Torture as an independent crime
32
The crime against humanity of torture
35
The war crime of torture
41
Ancillary crimes
42
What is on the accessory's mind?
44
Rape and other sexual crimes
45
Ill-treatment: a crime under international law
48
Ch. 3
Victims' right to reparations
51
The right to an effective remedy
52
Restitution, compensation and rehabilitation
54
Civil actions in foreign courts
58
Ch. 4
Injustice at home
61
Barriers to criminal investigations, prosecutions and convictions
61
Flaws in the national legal framework
63
Statutes of limitation
67
Impunity through legislation facilitating torture
69
Impunity through obstruction of justice
71
Lack of prompt and impartial investigations
77
Failure to prosecute
80
Convictions which disregard the seriousness of the crime
81
Amnesties and pardons
83
Is your country a safe haven for alleged torturers?
87
Ch. 5
Justice abroad
90
The exercise of universal jurisdiction by national courts
93
Justice abroad as a tool for justice at home
99
International criminal tribunals and courts
105
Ch. 6
Recommendations
108
The criminalization of torture
108
The right of victims
110
International justice
111
App. 1
Amnesty International's 12-Point Program for the Prevention of Torture by Agents of the State
113
App. 2
Amnesty International's 14 Principles on the Effective Exercise of Universal Jurisdiction
117
App. 3
Amnesty International's Summary Checklist for the Implementation of the Statute of the International Criminal Court
131
Endnotes
135