JANUS.NET, e-journal of International Relations E-ISSN: 1647-7251
[email protected] Observatório de Relações Exteriores Portugal Moita, Luís OPINION TRIBUNALS AND THE PERMANENT PEOPLE'S TRIBUNAL JANUS.NET, e-journal of International Relations, vol. 6, núm. 1, mayo-octubre, 2015, pp. 30-50 Observatório de Relações Exteriores Lisboa, Portugal Available in: http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=413541154003 How to cite Complete issue Scientific Information System More information about this article Network of Scientific Journals from Latin America, the Caribbean, Spain and Portugal Journal's homepage in redalyc.org Non-profit academic project, developed under the open access initiative OBSERVARE Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa ISSN: 1647-7251 Vol. 6, n.º 1 (May-October 2015), pp. 30-50 OPINION TRIBUNALS AND THE PERMANENT PEOPLE'S TRIBUNAL Luís Moita
[email protected] Director/Professor, Department of International Relations, Autonomous University of Lisbon (UAL) Portugal. Director, Observatory of Foreign Relations (OBSERVARE) Coordinator, Master in Peace and War studies, Scientific Council member, UAL. Professor, Institute of Higher Military Studies, and lecturer, National Defense Institute Vice-Rector, UAL (1992-2009) and Coordinator, Socrates Institute for Continued Training Integrated researcher, "Cities and Regions: paradiplomacy in Portugal". Abstract There is dialectic between public opinion and the enforcement of justice by the competent authorities. History contains numerous examples where international opinion movements demonstrate against judicial decisions, since, either by act or by omission, established jurisdictions sometimes pronounce questionable verdicts or leave unpunished crimes that were committed. These demonstrations take a variety of forms, ranging from the international commission of inquiry to the truth and reconciliation commissions.