AMNESTIES IN LATIN AMERICA: UPHOLDING JUSTICE AND THE RIGHT TO KNOW THE TRUTH

The recent ruling of the Inter-American Court ordering Brazil to revise its amnesty law represents a crucial milestone in the fight against impunity in a region that still needs to fully grasp and confront the atrocities committed during many internal conflicts of the past decades. Amnesty laws that turn a blind eye toward human rights abuses do not only distort the historical record that every country needs to establish, but also belittle victimsÂ' suffering and undermine their right to know the truth and obtain remedy.