Publication: Reconciliar justicia y legalidad en contextos de justicia transicional
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2022-10-01
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Instituto Internacional de Sociología Jurídica de Oñati
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La tensión dialéctica entre los principios de justicia y legalidad es un componente innato del derecho penal. Cuando los sistemas jurídicos internos se enfrentan al enjuiciamiento de graves violaciones de derechos humanos cometidos por un régimen autoritario anterior esta tensión se hace aún más evidente. En el marco de un Estado democrático de derecho esta cuestión, inherente a la justicia transicional, puede encontrar diversas soluciones que llevarán a resultados radicalmente distintos: desde la impunidad hasta enjuiciamientos sin las debidas garantías. En este trabajo se analiza el conflicto entre estos principios y se exploran técnicas legales e interpretaciones flexibles orientadas a reconciliar las demandas enfrentadas de justicia y legalidad en contextos de justicia transicional.
The dialectic tension between the principles of justice and legality is an intrinsic component of criminal law. When serious human rights violations committed by a previous authoritarian regime are prosecuted in domestic legal systems, this tension becomes even more evident. Within the framework of a democratic state under the rule of law this issue, inherent to transitional justice, can find various solutions leading to radically different results: from impunity to prosecutions without fair trial guarantees. The conflict between these two principles is analysed in this paper, as well as legal techniques and flexible interpretations aiming the reconciliation of the competing demands of justice and legality in transitional justice contexts.
The dialectic tension between the principles of justice and legality is an intrinsic component of criminal law. When serious human rights violations committed by a previous authoritarian regime are prosecuted in domestic legal systems, this tension becomes even more evident. Within the framework of a democratic state under the rule of law this issue, inherent to transitional justice, can find various solutions leading to radically different results: from impunity to prosecutions without fair trial guarantees. The conflict between these two principles is analysed in this paper, as well as legal techniques and flexible interpretations aiming the reconciliation of the competing demands of justice and legality in transitional justice contexts.
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Transitional justice, Principle of legality, Criminal law, International criminal law, International crimes, Justicia transicional, Principio de legalidad, Derecho penal, Derecho penal internacional, Crímenes internacionales
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Lerena García, A. (2022). Reconciliar justicia y legalidad en contextos de justicia transicional. Oñati Socio-Legal Series, 12 (5), pp. 1053–1080.