TY - JOUR
T1 - Lessons to Learn? Using the Inter-American Court of Human Rights’ Jurisprudence on Amnesties and Pardons in the Context of the Russo-Ukrainian War
AU - Masol, Sergii
AU - Perez-Leon-Acevedo, Juan-Pablo
PY - 2024
Y1 - 2024
N2 - The standards of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights on amnesties and pardons in mass atrocity cases have been influential in Latin America and beyond. In turn, discussions about possible transitional justice mechanisms related to the Russo-Ukrainian war have involved issues of amnesty and pardon. However, the dicta of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights do not formally bind Ukraine and Russia. By connecting the two (semi-)peripheries of international law – namely, Latin America and Eastern Europe – the present article examines whether and to what extent the jurisprudence in question can shed light on legal and policy solutions for addressing the amnesty and pardon challenges posed by the Minsk agreements, domestic developments in Ukraine and Russia, and a potential future peace accord.
AB - The standards of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights on amnesties and pardons in mass atrocity cases have been influential in Latin America and beyond. In turn, discussions about possible transitional justice mechanisms related to the Russo-Ukrainian war have involved issues of amnesty and pardon. However, the dicta of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights do not formally bind Ukraine and Russia. By connecting the two (semi-)peripheries of international law – namely, Latin America and Eastern Europe – the present article examines whether and to what extent the jurisprudence in question can shed light on legal and policy solutions for addressing the amnesty and pardon challenges posed by the Minsk agreements, domestic developments in Ukraine and Russia, and a potential future peace accord.
U2 - 10.1017/S0922156524000335
DO - 10.1017/S0922156524000335
M3 - Journal article
SP - 1
EP - 27
JO - Leiden Journal of International Law
JF - Leiden Journal of International Law
SN - 0922-1565
ER -