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Amnesty for Crime in International Law and Practice. By Andreas O' Shea. The Hague, London, New York: Kluwer Law International, 2002. Pp. xxxiii, 355. Index. $92.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 February 2017

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American Journal of International Law , Volume 97 , Issue 1 , January 2003 , pp. 227 - 229
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Copyright © American Society of International Law 2003

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References

1 See, e.g., Inter-Am. C.H.R., Report No. 28/92, para. 2, OEA/Ser.L/V/II.83, doc. 14 (1992); Resolution del Juez Federal Gabriel R. Cavallo declarando la inconstitucionalidad y la nulidad insanable de los arts. 1 de la Ley de Punto Final y 1,3 y 4 de la Ley de Obediencia Debida (Arg. Mar. 6,2001), at <http://www.derechos.org/nizkor/arg/ley/juezcavallo03mar.html> (invalidating the Argentine amnesty law on the basis of the reasoning of the Inter-American Commission decision).

2 See, e.g., Barrios Altos, Inter-Am Ct. H.R. (ser. C) No. 75 (May 14, 2001).

3 Sc«John Dugard, Reconciliation and Justice: The South African Experience, 8 TRANSNAT'L L. & CONTEMP. PROBS. 277(1998).

4 Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, July 17,1998,UNDoc.A/CONF.183/9 (1998),preambular para. 6 [hereinafter Rome Statute].

5 Id., preambular para. 10.

6 Id., Art. 17(1) (b).

7 Id., Art. 53(1) (c).

8 See Diane Orentlicher, Settling Accounts: The Duty to Prosecute Human Rights Violations of a Prior Regime, 100 YALE L.J. 2537, 2539-53 (1991).

9 See Nigel S. Rodley, Breaking the Circle of Impunity for Gross Violations of Human Rights: The Pinochet Case in Perspective, 69 NORDICJ. INT'LL. 11, 26 (2000).

10 See, e.g., Ben Chigara. Amnesty ininternational. Law: The Legality Under International Law Of National Amnesty Laws (2002); Post Conflict Justice (M. Cherif Bassiouni Ed., 2002); Impunity And Human Rights In International Law And Practice (Naomi Roht-Arriaza Ed., 1995); Angelika Schlunck, Amnesty Versus Accountability: Third Party Intervention Dealing With Gross Human Rights Violations In Internal And International Conflicts (2000); Ruth G. Teitel, Transitionaljustice (2000); Transitional Justice: How Emerging Democracies Reckon With Former Regimes (Neilj. Kritzed.,1995); Transitionaljustice And The Rule Of Law In New Democracies (James Mcadams Ed., 1997).