Impunity
Impunity means "exemption from punishment or loss or escape from fines". In the international law of human rights, it refers to the failure to bring perpetrators of human rights violations to justice and, as such, itself constitutes a denial of the victims' right to justice and redress. Impunity is especially common in countries that lack a tradition of the rule of law, suffer from corruption or that have entrenched systems of patronage, or where the judiciary is weak or members of the security forces are protected by special jurisdictions or immunities. Impunity is sometimes considered a form of denialism of …
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NYU: New York University · 21 November 2024 English
accountability. The post Magnitsky-Style Sanctions Are a Precision Measure for Iran’s Crisis of Impunity appeared first on Just Security. …
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NYU: New York University · 20 November 2024 English
distorted ethical narratives are challenged, powerful states will continue to commit war crimes with impunity. The post Beyond Law: When States Use Ethics to Excuse War Crimes appeared first on Just Security …
states will continue to commit war crimes with impunity.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.justsecurity …
The South Centre · 13 November 2024
The Supreme Court found that in the absence in the Bill of mitigatory measures -as allowed by the TRIPS Agreement- and of a working definition of the term “microorganism”, there …
Diligence Directive Sufficient to Tackle Corporate Impunity? (SouthViews No. 266, 19 June 2024) By Daniel …
Amnesty International · 13 November 2024 English
said: “This landmark judgement by the Supreme Court of India should put an end to the climate of impunity around the cruel and inhuman practice of punishing people by unlawfully demolishing their homes …
Court of India should put an end to the climate of impunity around the cruel and inhuman practice of punishing …
EPRS: European Parliamentary Research Service · 11 November 2024 English
Media freedom and pluralism are among the rights enshrined in the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights (Article 11) and the European Convention on Human Rights (Article 10), together with freedom …
indicator acts as a form of country assessment of impunity for killings. It is worth noting that, according … freedom around the world, and concludes that 'Impunity remains unacceptably high, with most cases of … verbal abuse. Seeking to fight this culture of impunity, in December 2013, the United Nations General … proclaimed 2 November as the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists. The date was … 30 October 2024, there are 24 active cases of impunity for murdered journalists. With social media providing …
Amnesty International · 11 November 2024 English
In December 2024, 211 FIFA member associations will vote on whether to approve Morocco, Portugal and Spain as hosts of the 2030 men’s World Cup and Saudi Arabia as hosts …
the historical capacity of judiciary to address impunity, victim redress, and due process.”30 28 AS&H …
IMF: International Monetary Fund · 11 November 2024 English
inequality. Victimization surveys indicate that where populations are concerned with the rule of law—impunity and police corruption—only one in five victims file their case with the police. Lack of trust and …
populations are concerned with the rule of law—impunity and police corruption—only one in five victims … in turn increase filing rates and reduce crime impunity. Police and judicial cooperation across levels …
V-Dem: Varieties of Democracy Institute · 11 November 2024 English
The disrup- tion of internet services also impeded the work of civil society organi- zations and international bodies in monitoring and ensuring the integ- rity of the election, ultimately undermining …
services such as e-commerce and online banking. It impunity, reduce accountability, transparency, and the … Shutdowns in India Internet shutdowns also facilitate impunity by preventing the moni- In the first half of 2023 …
FPRI: Foreign Policy Research Institute · 8 November 2024 English
relations,” which—in the Russian interpretation—means the inviolability of authoritarian regimes and impunity for their leaders regardless of human rights and international law violations. It is worth noting …
the inviolability of authoritarian regimes and impunity for their leaders regardless of human rights and …
GI-TOC: Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime · 8 November 2024 English
Two of the panels at the conference were composed of high-level police and prosecutorial representatives from the WB6 and were devoted to discussing the integrity and independence of those institutions …
low, including a widespread public perception of impunity. In several countries, justice reforms revealed … for organized corruption by effectively granting impunity to high- level officials involved in these kinds … 694%20 procurement. This is seen as favouring impunity for high- Montenegro%20report.pdf. level corruption …
