Volume 5 : 1
Translation Challenges of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights and Cost-Effective Proposals for Improvement
American Convention on Human Rights Articles 46(1)(a) and 46(2)(c): Achilles Heel or Trojan Horse?
Measures of Reparation for Victims of Gross Human Rights Violations: Developments and Challenges in the Jurisprudence of Two Regional Human Rights Courts
The Institutionalization of People with Mental Disabilities: Comparative Analysis between Its Treatment under the Inter-American and European System of Human Rights
Interpreting the European Convention: What can the African Human Rights System Learn from the Case Law of the European Court of Human Rights on the Interpretation of the European Convention?
Gobernar desde abajo: Del control de convencionalidad a la instrumentalización de la inversión estructural de la pirámide kelseniana
Advocacy for a U.S. Commission of Inquiry on Torture in the Context of the “War on Terror” Inspired by the Latin American Experience: Chile and El Salvador
El sistema africano: Pilar más incipiente de la trilogía de mecanismos regionales de salvaguardia de los derechos humanos
Implementation of Judgments: Should Supervision be Unlinked from the General Assembly of the Organization of American States?
Translation Challenges of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights and Cost-Effective Proposals for Improvement
American Convention on Human Rights Articles 46(1)(a) and 46(2)(c): Achilles Heel or Trojan Horse?
Measures of Reparation for Victims of Gross Human Rights Violations: Developments and Challenges in the Jurisprudence of Two Regional Human Rights Courts
The Institutionalization of People with Mental Disabilities: Comparative Analysis between Its Treatment under the Inter-American and European System of Human Rights
Interpreting the European Convention: What can the African Human Rights System Learn from the Case Law of the European Court of Human Rights on the Interpretation of the European Convention?
Gobernar desde abajo: Del control de convencionalidad a la instrumentalización de la inversión estructural de la pirámide kelseniana
Advocacy for a U.S. Commission of Inquiry on Torture in the Context of the “War on Terror” Inspired by the Latin American Experience: Chile and El Salvador
El sistema africano: Pilar más incipiente de la trilogía de mecanismos regionales de salvaguardia de los derechos humanos
Implementation of Judgments: Should Supervision be Unlinked from the General Assembly of the Organization of American States?
Year
2012
Volume
5
Number
1
Page
148
Language
English
Court
Reference
Y.A. ROMAÑA-RIVAS, “Advocacy for a U.S. Commission of Inquiry on Torture in the Context of the “War on Terror” Inspired by the Latin American Experience: Chile and El Salvador”, IAEHR 2012, nr. 1, 148-177
Recapitulation
The main purpose of this paper is to discuss how a truth commission could be a pertinent and an effective tool to reveal the truth about allegations of torture by the United States (U.S.) government in the context of the war on terror. Two examples of truth commissions that contributed to reveal the truth of violation of human rights in two countries, Chile and El Salvador, are discussed. Additionally, this paper discusses the obligation that the U.S. government has under international law to investigate the allegations of torture, provide redress for the victims and their families, and sanctions for those most responsible for torture.
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