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TRUTH IN INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE, TRUTH IN TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE AND THE RIGHT TO THE TRUTH

Author(s): Svetlana Nenadić
Subject(s): Criminal Law, International Law, Law and Transitional Justice, EU-Legislation
Published by: Правни факултет Универзитета у Београду
Keywords: International Criminal judiciary; Transitional justice; Right to the truth

Summary/Abstract: The author points on eternal dilemma on importance and role of the truth in criminal proceedings. Analyzes the importance and the role of the truth in international criminal judiciary and transitional justice, especially addressing the Right to the truth as human right and international custom, development of this right under the auspices of commissions and international bodies, with special reference to the Right to the truth before EctHR. The author points to the inherent shortcomings of international criminal justice that make it difficult to reach the truth, especially in modern forms of negotiated jusitce. Finally, the author is offering a note of caution on the pretensions of international legal mechanisms of criminal law to deliver the truth about historical events under the mantle of international justice.

  • Issue Year: XVI/2025
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 182-197
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Serbian
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