Denying the right to justice is an abuse of human rights

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (Déclaration universelle des droits de l'homme) sets out what is, and is not a human right. Absolute and inviolable in principle, constantly abused in practice, these rights form the ethical framework behind, and are in enshrined in, international law:

Article eight of the Declaration states that:

Everyone has the right to an effective remedy by the competent national tribunals for acts violating the fundamental rights granted him by the constitution or by law.

Toute personne a droit à un recours effectif devant les juridictions nationales compétentes contre les actes violant les droits fondamentaux qui lui sont reconnus par la constitution ou par la loi.

Rwasa's many victims have a human right to justice. To deny that right is to abuse even further the rights of those who have already been abused enough.

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