Challenging impunity in northern Uganda : the tension between amnesties and the principle of international criminal responsibility

[摘要] This dissertation intends to analyse the practice of amnesties in the context of grave human rights violations using northern Uganda as a case study. It alsoexamines its consistency with the obligation upon states to protect human rights through the prosecution of perpetrators of the said violations. It will, accordingly, analyse theimplications of the complementary mandate of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to national jurisdictions.Furthermore, the author also explores the tension which results from national amnesties and the principle of international criminal responsibility, a principle that the ICC has the mandateto enforce.

[发布机构] University of Pretoria