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Title: | Exploring the viability of the amnesty law on criminal justice in Uganda |
Author: | Wanyama, Edrine |
Year: | 2014 |
Periodical: | East African Journal of Peace and Human Rights (ISSN 1021-8858) |
Volume: | 20 |
Issue: | 1 |
Pages: | 184-199 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | Uganda |
Subjects: | amnesty legislation |
Abstract: | The law on amnesty has been a subject of debate in the international arena. Many have viewed the law as actually perpetuating impunity, while in other cases it has been used as a tool of bringing conflict to an end. In 2000, the Ugandan parliament enacted a law on Amnesty, the Amnesty Act, 2000. One of its provisions grants blanket amnesty to anyone who denounces all forms of war waged against the government of Uganda since 1986. A cross section of people have voiced concerns about the law, arguing that it promotes impunity by providing blanket amnesty rather than being restricted to particular crimes. It is regarded as ineffective in as far as the primary intentions of justice are concerned. This article examines amnesty and the related law from the Ugandan perspective, looking at its role in the past, its present features and future implications. Contrast is drawn from international criminal justice, with a focus on the International Criminal Court (ICC). Notes, ref., sum. [Journal abstract] |