Inadmissibility of Amnesty as a Form of Discharge of Criminal Liability in the Case of International Crimes: A Relevant Principle in the Spectrum of International Security
Inadmissibility of Amnesty as a Form of Discharge of Criminal Liability in the Case of International Crimes: A Relevant Principle in the Spectrum of International Security

Summary/Abstract: In order to build a lasting peace in the future and to ensure international security, numerous international documents express directly or indirectly the principles that govern international justice. In the context of transitional justice, the reconstruction of some states and/ or societies in post-conflict situations, amnesty was seen as one of the tools available to the authorities, and the analysis of the problem of the compatibility of the amnesty measures with the need to bring to justice persons suspected of having committed international crimes have concluded that the solution must be circumscribed. On the one hand, the granting of amnesties can be accepted but, on the other hand, certain types of amnesty, certain international crimes or certain contexts require the strict application of a true principle of the inadmissibility of the amnesty for committing international crimes. A brief analysis of this principle, from various angles, is the object of the present study.

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