Administration of Justice
Study on the Right to the Truth: Report of the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
February 8, 2006
Report
From the report's summary:
The study concludes that the right to the truth about gross human rights violations and serious violations of human rights law is an inalienable and autonomous right, linked to the duty and obligation of the State to protect and guarantee human rights, to conduct effective investigations and to guarantee effective remedy and reparations. This right is closely linked with other rights and has both an individual and a societal dimension and should be considered as a non-derogable right and not be subject to limitations.
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