Beschreibung:
This book analyses the emergence, development and application of the 'right to truth' as a response to an understanding of the needs of victims in two legal contexts: international human rights law and international criminal justice.
Chapter 1: The Need for Truth; Chapter 2: The emergence of a right to the truth; Chapter 3: Content of the right to the truth; Chapter 4: The public aspect of the Right to the Truth; Chapter 5: The Right to the Truth in different Fora; Chapter 6 The Inter-American Court & UNHCR; Chapter 7: The Right to the Truth at the European Court of Human Rights; Chapter 8: Truth Commissions and the right to the truth; Chapter 9: International Criminal Trials; Chapter 10: The Right to the Truth and the International Criminal Court; Chapter 11: Conclusion