Amicus Curiae
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Date
2008
Authors
Human Rights Clinic
Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice
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Publisher
Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice
Abstract
This amicus analyzes why the crimes committed at Barrios Altos and La Cantuta qualify as crimes against humanity according to international standards and in relation to the way the notion of crimes against humanity has been utilized by national tribunals. It also outlines the consequences of defining such crimes as crimes against humanity.