International Justice

Amnesty International campaigns for all countries to establish an effective system of international justice to ensure justice, truth and full reparations for the worst crimes known to humanity: genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, torture, extrajudicial executions and enforced disappearances.

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Anti-Pinochet chileans with sign "Truth and Justice." as police officer watches demonstration

National Justice

Ensuring national authorities investigate and prosecute serious human rights violations before national courts.

Anti-Pinochet demonstrators chant slogans against the former Chilean dictator as they celebrate the decision of the British Law Lords outside the House of Commons in London.

Universal Jurisdiction

National courts prosecute serious human rights violations committed anywhere in the world.

The Court in session during the Initial Appearance of Mathieu Ngudjolo Chui on 11 february 2008

International Criminal Court

The permanent court to investigate and prosecute crimes when national authorities are unable or unwilling.

South Korean women used as sex slaves by the Japanese Imperial Army during the Second World War demand compensation and redress

Full Reparations

Addressing the suffering of the victims and helping them rebuild their lives.

Woman during a public hearing of the Equity and Reconciliation Commission

Truth Commissions

Establishing effective national mechanisms to document the truth about the crimes.

In May 2000 hundreds of people demonstrated in Sierra Leone against the armed opposition Revolutionary United Front.

Other International and Internationalized Courts

Ad hoc courts established to ensure justice in specific situations.

Videos

Justice Without Borders

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Bringing Alberto Fujimori to Justice
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Bringing General Efrain Rios Montt to Justice

Latest News & Updates

Five jailed in Chile ten years after Pinochet arrest

16 October 2008

Chile's Supreme Court jailed five retired military officials on Wednesday for involvement in the "Caravan of Death" – one of the cases for which Augusto Pinochet was placed under house arrest ten years ago.

The need for comprehensive justice across the former Yugoslavia

29 August 2008

The trial of Radovan Karadzic resumes today in The Hague. But are a small number of high profile trials enough to heal the wounds caused by the horrific violations of human rights committed by all sides to the conflict in Bosnia and Herzegovina?

Arrest of Radovan Karadžic a major step towards justice

22 July 2008

The former Bosnian Serb leader could be handed over to the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in the Netherlands either this weekend or early next week, depending on the outcome of a possible last minute appeal.

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