Right to the Truth in International Law - Victims Rights in Human Rights and International Criminal Law

List of contents

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

About the author

Melanie Klinkner is a Principal Academic in International Law at Bournemouth University, UK.
Howard Davis is Reader In Public Law at Bournemouth University, UK.

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Howard Davis, Melanie Klinkner, Melanie (Bournemouth University Klinkner, Melanie Davis Klinkner
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2019
• EAN: 9781138961449
• ISBN: 978-1-138-96144-9
• No. of pages: 254
• Series: Human Rights and International Law; Human Rights and International Law
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political system; Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, LAW / General, LAW / International, International Criminal Law, Human rights, civil rights, Public international law: criminal law, Public international law: human rights, International human rights law