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Across the world, mass graves, often containing a multitude of
human remains, are sites of human loss, suffering and unimaginable
acts of cruelty. While no one mass grave or its investigation is
the same, all mass graves contain evidence that is essential to the
realisation of justice and accountability goals for victims,
affected communities, states in transition and the international
community. This book tactfully examines this sensitive topic,
demonstrating how mass grave investigations can be highly complex,
context-specific, lengthy and expensive processes, requiring
significant planning, coordination, expertise and resources. The
book analyses the various processes involved in mass grave
investigation from a number of disciplinary perspectives and a
variety of geographical, cultural and political contexts, including
Bosnia, Guatemala, Libya, Nepal and Rwanda. Chapters feature expert
contributions from voices in the fields of forensic sciences,
advocacy and the judiciary, along with world-leading international
legal expertise on mass graves, their protection and investigation.
This timely book will be an ideal resource for practitioners and
academics in the fields of international criminal law,
international human rights law, international humanitarian law and
transitional justice. Students interested in forensic archaeology,
anthropology, fact-finding and human rights investigations will
also find this a stimulating read.
The United Nations has established a right to the truth to be
enjoyed by victims of gross violations of human rights. The origins
of the right stem from the need to provide victims and relatives of
the missing with a right to know what happened. It encompasses the
verification and full public disclosure of the facts associated
with the crimes from which they or their relatives suffered. The
importance of the right to the truth is based on the belief that,
by disclosing the truth, the suffering of victims is alleviated.
This book analyses the emergence of this right, as a response to an
understanding of the needs of victims, through to its development
and application in two particular legal contexts: international
human rights law and international criminal justice. The book
examines in detail the application of the right through the case
law and jurisprudence of international tribunals in the human
rights and also the criminal justice context, as well as looking at
its place in transitional justice. The theoretical foundations of
the right to the truth are considered as well as the various
objectives appropriate for different truth-seeking mechanisms. The
book then goes on to discuss to what extent it can be understood,
constructed and applied as a hard, legally enforceable right with
correlating duties on various people and institutions including
state agencies, prosecutors and judges.
The United Nations has established a right to the truth to be
enjoyed by victims of gross violations of human rights. The origins
of the right stem from the need to provide victims and relatives of
the missing with a right to know what happened. It encompasses the
verification and full public disclosure of the facts associated
with the crimes from which they or their relatives suffered. The
importance of the right to the truth is based on the belief that,
by disclosing the truth, the suffering of victims is alleviated.
This book analyses the emergence of this right, as a response to an
understanding of the needs of victims, through to its development
and application in two particular legal contexts: international
human rights law and international criminal justice. The book
examines in detail the application of the right through the case
law and jurisprudence of international tribunals in the human
rights and also the criminal justice context, as well as looking at
its place in transitional justice. The theoretical foundations of
the right to the truth are considered as well as the various
objectives appropriate for different truth-seeking mechanisms. The
book then goes on to discuss to what extent it can be understood,
constructed and applied as a hard, legally enforceable right with
correlating duties on various people and institutions including
state agencies, prosecutors and judges.
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