Płachta, Michał2013-03-092013-03-092003Ruch Prawniczy, Ekonomiczny i Socjologiczny 65, 2003, z. 4, s. 7-260035-9629http://hdl.handle.net/10593/5074The article focuses on the question of the suitability of amnesty in tackling national heritage of civil wars, dictatorship, state apparatus disintegration and others. The author furthermore presents a typology of amnesty acts. A question arises as to why amnesty, an instrument typical of national legal systems, rouses such controversy on the international level. However, the controversies arise over only those acts of amnesty that occur in cases of the heaviest international felonies, tortures, and war crimes. The author discusses the motives of applying amnesty in such cases, listing some advantages of such a solution and also mentioning the ‘darker’ sides, or drawbacks of the option. The article is rounded up with an analysis of limitations on the use of amnesty under the international law. 70 ProsecutorplArtykuł