TY - BOOK ID - 276549 TI - Necessary evils : amnesties and the search for justice PY - 2009 SN - 9780521895255 0521895251 9780511691850 9781107403239 0511691858 1107211972 051184980X 1107403235 9786612637179 0511689926 0511691408 0511690665 0511689187 1282637177 0511692528 9780511691409 9781107211971 9781282637177 661263717X 9780511689925 9780511692529 9780511690662 9780511689185 PB - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Human rights KW - Law of armed conflicts. Humanitarian law KW - Amnesty KW - International crimes KW - Transitional justice KW - Amnesty. KW - International crimes. KW - International offenses. KW - Transitional justice. KW - Academic collection KW - Crimes, International KW - International crime KW - International offenses KW - Crime KW - Criminal justice, Administration of KW - Executive power KW - Clemency KW - Forgiveness KW - Pardon KW - Political rehabilitation KW - Justice KW - Law and legislation KW - Law KW - General and Others UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:276549 AB - This book is about amnesties for grave international crimes that states adopt in moments of transition or social unrest. The subject is naturally controversial, especially in the age of the International Criminal Court. The goal of this book is to reframe and revitalise the global debate on the subject and to offer an original framework for resolving amnesty dilemmas when they arise. Most literature and jurisprudence on amnesties deal with only a small subset of state practice and sidestep the ambiguity of amnesty's position under international law. This book addresses the ambiguity head on and argues that amnesties of the broadest scope are sometimes defensible when adopted as a last recourse in contexts of mass violence. Drawing on an extensive amnesty database, the book offers detailed guidance on how to ensure that amnesties extend the minimum leniency possible, while imposing the maximum accountability on the beneficiaries. ER -