Amnesty和Pardon两个单词均有“赦免”罪犯的含义。

Amnesty: A pardon extended by the government to a group or class of persons, usually for a political offense. Unlike an ordinary pardon, amnesty is usually addressed to crimes against state sovereignty.

指取消罪名或对罪行忽略不计，多适用于侵犯国家主权的犯罪或政治犯，由于其常用于针对一群人或一个阶层的人，故也称为general pardon, 即“大赦”;其可经行政命令或立法予以颁布)。

Amnesty provision 特赦条款

amnesty law 大赦法

Pardon: A pardon is usually granted by the chief executive of a government. Pardon bars any further prosecution or punishment,but it does not remove a conviction from one's record.

多用于指宽恕某个罪犯的罪行，常适用于那些危害国家治安的罪犯，由于pardon通常只能由国家行政长官，如总统或州长等的恩准，故其也称为executive pardon。

参考双语例句：

It expressed concern that the passing of the amnesty law had undermined the plan of action, and called on the Government to conduct independent and judicial investigations into all credible allegations of serious human rights abuses, establish a truth-seeking mechanism to document past human rights abuses, repeal the amnesty law, and bar those suspected of war crimes, crimes against humanity or serious human rights abuses from holding government posts.

它对大赦法的通过破坏了该行动计划表示关注，要求政府就所有关于严重侵犯人权的可靠指控开展独立的司法调查，设立真相调查机制记录以往的侵犯人权行为，撤销大赦法，禁止战争罪、反人类罪或严重侵犯人权行为的嫌疑人担任公职。

Upon enquiry, the Advisory Committee was informed that, at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, the differences in the employment conditions of the permanent and ad litem judges were those described in article 12 quater, paragraph (2), of the Tribunal’s statute, namely that ad litem judges were not eligible for election as, or to vote in the election of, the President of the Tribunal or the Presiding Judge of a Trial Chamber; nor did they have power to adopt rules of procedure and evidence, review an indictment or consult with the President of the Tribunal in relation to the assignment of judges or in relation to a pardon or commutation of sentence.

咨询委员会经询问获悉，卢旺达问题国际法庭常任法官和审案法官的雇用条件差异列在《卢旺达问题国际法庭规约》第12条之四第2款，即审案法官没有资格当选或选举法庭庭长或审判分庭主审法官，他们也没有权力通过程序和证据规则、审查起诉书、就法官任命或赦免、减刑事宜与法庭庭长进行协商。