A Critical Reflection on the Right to the Truth about Gross Human Rights Violations

IF 1.6 2区社会学 Q2 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

Human Rights Law Review Pub Date : 2021-07-24 DOI:10.1093/HRLR/NGAB018

M. V. Noorloos

引用次数: 2

Abstract

The right to the truth about gross human rights violations is gradually becoming more firmly entrenched in international human rights law. However, the content and contours of the right to the truth are not without controversy. Some of the most pressing issues that have arisen are the extent of society’s right to the truth, the scope of the truth that it pursues (fact-finding or broader historical truth) and the relationship between truth seeking and official acknowledgment. This article turns to multidisciplinary research about truth seeking and memory with regard to gross human rights violations, which provides rich insights into the role of truth in the aftermath of mass atrocities that can shed light on the possible implications of the right to the truth. It thus provides a critical reflection on the right to the truth, in order to consider how it could perform a valuable function.

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对获知严重侵犯人权事件真相权的批判性反思

了解严重侵犯人权行为的真相的权利正逐渐在国际人权法中更加牢固地确立起来。然而，知情权的内容和轮廓并非没有争议。已经出现的一些最紧迫的问题是社会获得真相的权利的程度，它所追求的真相的范围(事实发现或更广泛的历史真相)以及寻求真相与官方承认之间的关系。本文转向关于严重侵犯人权行为的真相寻求和记忆的多学科研究，这为真相在大规模暴行后的作用提供了丰富的见解，可以阐明了解真相权的可能影响。因此，它提供了对了解真相权利的批判性反思，以便考虑它如何能够发挥有价值的作用。

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Human Rights Law Review Multiple-

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2.20

自引率

6.70%

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期刊介绍： Launched in 2001, Human Rights Law Review seeks to promote awareness, knowledge, and discussion on matters of human rights law and policy. While academic in focus, the Review is also of interest to the wider human rights community, including those in governmental, inter-governmental and non-governmental spheres, concerned with law, policy, and fieldwork. The Review publishes critical articles that consider human rights in their various contexts, from global to national levels, book reviews, and a section dedicated to analysis of recent jurisprudence and practice of the UN and regional human rights systems.