International Law and Human Rights Unit - The Right to Truth: Is it Subject Statutory Limitation?
4:30pm - 6:00pm /
Thursday 13th October 2016
/ Venue: Lecture Theatre 8 Rendall Building
Type: Seminar /
Category: Research
- Rachel Barrett
- Suitable for: All welcome
- Admission: Free to attend.
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The Right to Truth: Is it Subject to Statutory Limitation?
by Professor William A. Schabas
A right to truth is increasingly recognized by international law, generally as a corollary of the right to life and the obligation to investigate gross and systematic violations. But some international tribunals, like the European Court of Human Rights, seem resistant to attempts to peer too deeply into the past, as if there is a kind of statutory limitation on the right to the truth. This is inconsistent with the position taken by international law that serious violations, such as genocide and crimes against humanity, may not be subject to statutory limitation.
Biography
Professor William A. Schabas is professor of international law at Middlesex University in London. He is also professor of international human law and human rights at Leiden University, emeritus professor of human rights law at the National University of Ireland Galway and honorary chair man of the Irish Centre for Human Rights, among other affiliations. He is the author of more than twenty books dealing in whole or in part with international human rights law and has also published more than 350 articles in academic journals, principally in the field of international human rights law and international criminal law.
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by Professor William A. Schabas
A right to truth is increasingly recognized by international law, generally as a corollary of the right to life and the obligation to investigate gross and systematic violations. But some international tribunals, like the European Court of Human Rights, seem resistant to attempts to peer too deeply into the past, as if there is a kind of statutory limitation on the right to the truth. This is inconsistent with the position taken by international law that serious violations, such as genocide and crimes against humanity, may not be subject to statutory limitation.
Biography
Professor William A. Schabas is professor of international law at Middlesex University in London. He is also professor of international human law and human rights at Leiden University, emeritus professor of human rights law at the National University of Ireland Galway and honorary chair man of the Irish Centre for Human Rights, among other affiliations. He is the author of more than twenty books dealing in whole or in part with international human rights law and has also published more than 350 articles in academic journals, principally in the field of international human rights law and international criminal law.
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