The United Nations Principles to Combat Impunity: A Commentary

Frank Haldemann is the Co-Director of the Master of Advanced Studies in Transitional Justice, Human Rights and the Rule of Law at the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights. Since 2010 he has been teaching Transitional Justice within the Geneva Academys various programmes. From June 2011 to July 2017, he was Assistant Professor at the Law Faculty, University of Geneva. In 2011 he was awarded a Swiss National Science Foundation Professorship, enabling him to direct a five-year research project on Historical Injustices, Reparations and International Law.Thomas Unger is a researcher on transitional justice at the Geneva Academy and Co-Director of the Master of Advanced Studies in Transitional Justice, Human Rights and the Rule of Law. He is the former Senior Adviser to the UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion of truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence.

• INTRODUCTION; I. COMBATING IMPUNITY: GENERAL OBLIGATIONS; II. THE RIGHT TO KNOW; III. THE RIGHT TO JUSTICE; IV. THE RIGHT TO REPARATION/GUARANTEES OF NON-RECURRENCE; CONCLUSION

The United Nations Principles to Combat Impunity is a comprehensive legal tool for both legal practitioners and students alike, offering the first full critical reflection of the subject. The book brings together all areas that aim to combat impunity, discussing transitional justice mechanisms, victims' rights and participation, and 'traditional' formal criminal justice instruments. Finally, the work is not afraid to offer criticisms of the principles in their current form and offers practical recommendations for improvement to the principles, positioning itself as a significant academic authority to the discussion of combating impunity in international law.