This genealogy of the “right to truth” explores the ambivalence of the construction of this new concept in international legal discourse. It argues that although the “right to truth” has developed at the cornerstone of several mobilizations, its contours remain evasive due to the diversity of their interests and agendas. The paper highlights how various activists mobilize a “right to truth” as a resource to reform international law and how, in doing so, they advocate for different visions which reinforce or undermine each other. The strength of the “right to truth” concept thus derives from its capacity to accommodate a plurality of causes, but this may also turn into a limit given the diversity of truth entrepreneurs involved in its normal...
The paper examines to what extent international humanitarian law deserves its lofty label. It focuse...
Human rights are increasingly recognised as part of international law and politics, but they at time...
The United Nations has established at least thirty international commissions of inquiry to examine s...
This paper questions the rhetoric of complementarity between truth commissions and criminal courts i...
This paper questions the rhetoric of complementarity between truth commissions and criminal courts i...
Cet article interroge la rhétorique de la complémentarité entre les tribunaux pénaux et les commissi...
International audienceAreTruth Commissions an alternative to criminal law? Truth Commissions are see...
Transitional justice is a rich area of inquiry. The literature and the academic discourse surroundin...
To define “ New Approaches to International Law” is at first glance a gamble, considering the eclect...
Truth Commissions are seen either as an alternative to criminal law in a post-conflict situation or ...
In this essay, I highlight the historical use of notions of universality and objectivity in internat...
The United Nations "Rule of Law Tools for Post-Conflict States: Truth Commissions" is one of the off...
Post-conflict situations, regime changes, and peace processes within situations of active hostility ...
Human rights are increasingly recognised as part of international law and politics, but they at tim...
The book provides an innovative analysis of the key concepts in international law and the common val...
The paper examines to what extent international humanitarian law deserves its lofty label. It focuse...
Human rights are increasingly recognised as part of international law and politics, but they at time...
The United Nations has established at least thirty international commissions of inquiry to examine s...
This paper questions the rhetoric of complementarity between truth commissions and criminal courts i...
This paper questions the rhetoric of complementarity between truth commissions and criminal courts i...
Cet article interroge la rhétorique de la complémentarité entre les tribunaux pénaux et les commissi...
International audienceAreTruth Commissions an alternative to criminal law? Truth Commissions are see...
Transitional justice is a rich area of inquiry. The literature and the academic discourse surroundin...
To define “ New Approaches to International Law” is at first glance a gamble, considering the eclect...
Truth Commissions are seen either as an alternative to criminal law in a post-conflict situation or ...
In this essay, I highlight the historical use of notions of universality and objectivity in internat...
The United Nations "Rule of Law Tools for Post-Conflict States: Truth Commissions" is one of the off...
Post-conflict situations, regime changes, and peace processes within situations of active hostility ...
Human rights are increasingly recognised as part of international law and politics, but they at tim...
The book provides an innovative analysis of the key concepts in international law and the common val...
The paper examines to what extent international humanitarian law deserves its lofty label. It focuse...
Human rights are increasingly recognised as part of international law and politics, but they at time...
The United Nations has established at least thirty international commissions of inquiry to examine s...