what is impunity?
A. Impunity is the exemption from punishment, penalty or harm. The word comes from the Latin impunitas, “the absence of punishment.” Impunity is fostered by governments’ refusal to investigate crimes, by granting government officials immunity from prosecution, and/or by enacting amnesty laws to shield a person or a group of people from accountability. The toll of impunity is the continued suffering of victims and the steady erosion of the rule of law.
