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To download click here : http://archive-ouverte.unige.ch/unige:38728 This paper attempts to provide a more complete understanding of the so-called right to the truth, deriving from court-made doctrine in the human rights field, and... more
Cet article retrace le contexte et les tribulations de la première reconnaissance judiciaire d’un « droit à la vérité » sur les disparitions forcées, commises sous la dictature des généraux en Argentine entre 1976 et 1983. Quelle(s)... more
Este texto pretende contribuir a la recuperación del trabajo que realizan los colectivos de familiares de los desaparecidos en Nuevo León (AMORES y FUNDENL) para encontrar la verdad sobre lo que ocurrió con sus seres queridos y preservar... more
(English version below) Cet article analyse les enjeux politiques et sociaux posés par l’émergence du concept de « droit à la vérité » et sa reconnaissance par le droit international. Il met en évidence l’ambivalence fondamentale d’une... more
Sumario: I. Introducción. II. El contenido del apartado C del artículo 20 constitucional, reformado por virtud de la reforma de 18 de junio de 2008. III. Para un recuento de la internacionalización del derecho victimal. IV. Los derechos... more
The idea of a "holistic approach" to transitional justice suggests that different strategies for dealing with the past such as truth-telling, criminal accountability, memory work, reparations and institutional reform, interact and... more
This paper explores the shift in the human rights movement regarding the interaction between criminal justice - whether international(ized) or nationalized – and truth commissions. Once regarded as mutually exclusive institutions, focused... more
Introduction Mukaddes Hanım said that “words have already buried themselves.” She still has no knowledge of the whereabouts of her father, who was arrested twenty years ago. The “state,” which took her father away, did not return him and... more
This genealogy of the “right to truth” explores the ambivalence of this new concept in international legal discourse. It argues that although various distinct mobilizations have coalesced around the idea of a “right to truth” as a... more
This dissertation explores the challenges of proclaiming truth as an international human right and instigating it in the field of transitional justice. The approach draws on a combination of critical legal studies and post-modern... more
En el marco de lo que se ha llamado "Perpetror Studies", este articulo retoma la muerte del Lazca, reconocido mando militar de los Zetas, para reflexionar en torno a los desafíos que impone la llamada guerra contra las drogas para pensar... more
Spanish Abstract: El derecho a la verdad, en tanto concepto jurídico, ha surgido en diferentes ámbitos nacionales, regionales e internacionales de protección de los derechos humanos. Se refiere a la obligación estatal de proporcionar... more
The focus of this article is the notion of alethic rights, the rights related to truth. The concept of truth grounds many norms and customary and official rules, but there is no clear and shared idea about its power to generate specific... more
Producto de la violencia armada y de las vulneraciones a los derechos humanos cometidas en las décadas de los ochenta y noventa, el Estado peruano inició un proceso de justicia transicional con la finalidad de resarcir a las víctimas y... more
Hakikat hakkı, henüz onu açıkça düzenleyen bir sözleşme veya uluslararası bir anlaşma bulunmamakla birlikte uluslararası insan hakları hukukunda, ağır insan hakları ihlallerinin kim tarafından, neden, ne zaman, nasıl, ne amaçla... more
To download click here : http://archive-ouverte.unige.ch/unige:30051 La politique étatique des disparitions forcées en Argentine (politique planifiée et exécutée durant la dictature militaire de 1976-1983) a encore, au présent, un... more
The “right to truth” relates to the obligation of the state to provide information about the circumstances surrounding serious violations of human rights. Despite its increasing recognition, the concept raises questions as to its scope... more
To download click here : https://archive-ouverte.unige.ch/unige:94087 The juridical treatment of the crimes committed by the Argentine dictatorship can be divided into two stages – the transitional phase proper (from 1983 to the... more
La « vérité » peut-elle faire l’objet d’un droit ? La question aurait de quoi laisser le lecteur perplexe. Pourtant, en l’espace d’une décennie, l’idée d’un « droit à la vérité » dû aux victimes d’atrocités est parvenue à s’imposer de... more
While historians, philosophers and legal scholars have long debated the distinction between historical and judicial truth, it may come as a surprise that a “right to truth” has recently emerged in international law in the context of... more
To download click here : https://archive-ouverte.unige.ch/unige:23325 ENGLISH VERSION FOLLOWS "El mecanismo de obstrucción por la amnistía, si bien repetido a lo largo de la Historia tras situaciones de crímenes de masa y de... more
ABSTRACT The focus of this article is the notion of alethic rights, the rights related to truth. The concept of truth grounds many norms and customary and official rules, but there is no clear and shared idea about its power to generate... more
To download click here : https://archive-ouverte.unige.ch/unige:155786 So-called fact-finding or truth-seeking procedures are widely deployed, often, in the form of mechanisms that function either before (in preparation of), in... more
La « vérité » peut-elle faire l’objet d’un droit ? La question aurait de quoi laisser le lecteur perplexe. Pourtant, en l’espace d’une décennie, l’idée d’un « droit à la vérité » dû aux victimes d’atrocités est parvenue à s’imposer de... more
Esta nota ofrece un mapa (que por motivos de espacio ha debido ser mínimo) sobre el tratamiento del tema en la Ley General de Víctimas, bajo el siguiente temario: 1. Contenidos básicos y derechos de acceso a la verdad, incluidos los... more
To download click here : http://archive-ouverte.unige.ch/unige:75211 ENGLISH VERSION FOLLOWS « El Estado turco ha cometido el delito de genocidio contra el Pueblo Armenio, en el periodo comprendido entre los años 1915 y 1923 ». Esta... more
While historians, philosophers and legal scholars have long debated the distinction between historical and judicial truth, it may come as a surprise that a “right to truth” has recently emerged in international law in the context of... more
El texto analiza las bases internacionales y constitucionales del derecho a la verdad en un régimen de justicia de transición, vinculándolo con el derecho de acceso a la información en poder del Estado. En busca de la efectividad de un... more
To download click here : http://archive-ouverte.unige.ch/unige:40582 ENGLISH VERSION FOLLOWS « L’Etat turc a commis le crime de génocide au détriment du peuple arménien, dans la période entre 1915 et 1923 ». Cette déclaration, faite... more
The right to the truth within the judicial dialogue among Courts: from San José to Rome
Pursuing truth in the current global political climate is no easy undertaking. Truth seems to be contested on almost every front whether in social media, news outlets and/or the social discourse that surrounds us on a daily basis. The... more