Amnesty in the Age of Human Rights Accountability

Comparative and International Perspectives
Herausgeber: Lessa, Francesca; Payne, Leigh A

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Produktbeschreibung

This edited volume discusses the persistence of amnesty in the age of human rights accountability.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 456
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Mai 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 228mm x 151mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 612g
• ISBN-13: 9781107617339
• ISBN-10: 1107617332
• Artikelnr.: 35112127

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. Theoretical Framework: 1. The age of accountability: the rise of
individual criminal accountability Kathryn Sikkink; 2. The amnesty
controversy in international law Mark Freeman and Max Pensky; Part II.
Comparative Case Studies: 3. Amnesties' challenge to the global
accountability norm? Interpreting regional and international trends in
amnesty enactment Louise Mallinder; 4. From amnesty to accountability: the
ebbs and flows in the search for justice in Argentina Gabriel Pereira and
Par Engstrom; 5. Barriers to justice: the Lley de Caducidad and impunity in
Uruguay Francesca Lessa; 6. Resistance to change: Brazil's persistent
amnesty and its alternatives for truth and justice Marcelo Torelly and
Paulo Abrão; 7. De facto and de jure amnesty laws: the Central American
case Naomi Roht-Arriaza and Emily Braid; 8. Creeks of justice: debating
post-atrocity accountability in Rwanda and Uganda Phil Clark; 9.
Accountability through conditional amnesty: the case of South Africa Antje
du Bois-Pedain; 10. De facto amnesty? The example of post-Soeharto
Indonesia Patrick Burgess; 11. A limited amnesty? Insights from Cambodia
Ronald Slye; 12. The Spanish amnesty law of 1977 in comparative
perspective: from a law for democracy to a law for impunity Paloma Aguilar;
13. Amnesty in the age of accountability Tricia D. Olsen, Leigh A. Payne
and Andrew G. Reiter.