Amnesty law

An amnesty law is any legislative, constitutional or executive arrangement that retroactively exempts a select group of people, usually military leaders and government leaders, from criminal liability for the crimes that they committed.^[1] More specifically, in the 'age of accountability', amnesty laws have come to be considered as granting impunity for the violation of human rights, including institutional measures that preclude the prosecution for such crimes and reprieve those crimes already convicted, avoiding any form of accountability.^[2]

^ Amnesty Archived 21 November 2010 at the Wayback Machine By William Bourdon, Crimes of War Project, The Book
^ Lessa, Francesca; Olsen, Tricia D; Payne, Leigh A; Pereira, Gabriel; Reiter, Andrew G (11 February 2014). "Persistent or Eroding Impunity? The Divergent Effects of Legal Challenges to Amnesty Laws for Past Human Rights Violations". Israel Law Review. 47 (1): 105–106. doi:10.1017/s0021223713000289. ISSN 0021-2237. S2CID 144966162.

[1] Amnesty Archived 21 November 2010 at the Wayback Machine By William Bourdon, Crimes of War Project, The Book

[2] Lessa, Francesca; Olsen, Tricia D; Payne, Leigh A; Pereira, Gabriel; Reiter, Andrew G (11 February 2014). "Persistent or Eroding Impunity? The Divergent Effects of Legal Challenges to Amnesty Laws for Past Human Rights Violations". Israel Law Review. 47 (1): 105–106. doi:10.1017/s0021223713000289. ISSN 0021-2237. S2CID 144966162.

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