The right to know the truth in transitional justice processes : : perspectives from international law and European governance / / Natasha Stamenkovikj.

• Superior document: International Criminal Law Series
• VerfasserIn: Stamenkovikj, Natasha, 1987-
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden : : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers,, [2022]; ©2022
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: International criminal law series.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (413 pages)
• Notes: Based on author's thesis (doctoral - Universiteit van Tilburg, 2019) issued under title: The truth in times of transitional justice : the Council of Europe and the Former Yugoslavia.

Dr. Natasha Stamenkovikj offers a comparative analysis of the scope and application of the right to the truth as a fundamental right in public international law, and as a concept in European policies for promoting peace and transitional justice.The book provides a systematized assessment of the conceptualisation of the right to the truth in the enlargement policy of the Council of Europe as applied towards the former Yugoslav societies. By assessing the coherence of the Council’s standardization on the right to the truth, Dr. Stamenkovikj addresses the legitimacy of the Council as an exporter of values and creator of norms.

Table of Contents

Introduction -- Transitional justice in international norms and practices -- Defining transitional justice -- The place of the truth in transitional justice -- Transitional justice in the mandates and policies of the Council of Europe -- The development of the right to the truth in international law -- Guarantees deriving from the right to the truth in international law -- State duties deriving from the right to the truth in international law -- Defining a contemporary right to the truth in international law -- Recognition of a right to the truth in the policies of the council of Europe -- Scope of the right to the truth in the policies of the Council of Europe -- The duty to investigate in the Council of Europe policies on post-conflict transitions -- The duty to fight impunity in the COE policies on post-conflict transitions -- The duty to preserve memory in the COE policies on post-conflict transitions -- Summary of findings -- Specifics to the council of Europe's regulating and promoting the right to the truth.