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The missing and transitional justice: the right to know and the fight against impunity

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 December 2006

Monique Crettol  and
Anne-Marie La Rosa
Monique Crettol
Affiliation:
The Central Tracing Agency and Protection Division of the ICRC
Anne-Marie La Rosa
Affiliation:
The Advisory Service of the ICRC Legal Division and University Centre for International Humanitarian Law (UCIHL) in Geneva
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Abstract

Any body or institution dealing with the missing persons issue will interact in one way or another with transitional justice proceedings, if only to examine the possibility of sharing relevant information gathered. The question becomes even more acute when international tribunals intervene in the national context where transitional justice mechanisms are operating. The authors look at the ways in which transitional justice mechanisms may support the right of families to know the fate of their relatives, and how work to resolve the missing persons issue can be reconciled with an effective fight against impunity.

Type
Truth and Reconciliation Commissions
Information
International Review of the Red Cross , Volume 88 , Issue 862: Truth and Reconciliation Commissions , June 2006 , pp. 355 - 362
Copyright
2006 International Committee of the Red Cross

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