Amnesty in the age of human rights accountability : comparative and international perspectives /
Amnesty in the age of human rights accountability : comparative and international perspectives /
edited by Francesca Lessa, Leigh A. Payne.
- New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
- 1 online resource (xxxii, 423 pages) : illustrations
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The age of accountability : the global rise of individual criminal accountability / The amnesty controversy in international law / Amnesties' challenge to the global accountability norm? : interpreting regional and international trends in amnesty enactment / From amnesty to accountability : the ebb and flow in the search for justice in Argentina / Barriers to justice : the Ley de Caducidad and impunity in Uruguay / Resistance to change : Brazil's persistent amnesty and its alternatives for truth and justice / De facto and De jure amnesty laws : the Central American case / Creeks of justice : debating post-atrocity accountability and amnesty in Rwanda and Uganda / Accountability through conditional amnesty : the case of South Africa / De facto amnesty? The example of post-Soeharto Indonesia / A limited amnesty? Insights from Cambodia / The Spanish Amnesty Law of 1977 in comparative perspective : from a law for democracy to a law for impunity / Kathryn Sikkink -- Mark Freeman and Max Pensky -- Louise Mallinder -- Pat Engstrom and Gabriel Pereira -- Francesca Lessa -- Paulo Abrão and Marcelo D. Torelly -- Emily Braid and Naomi Roht-Arriaza -- Phil Clark -- Antje du Bois-Pedain -- Patrick Burgess -- Ronald C. Slye -- Paloma Aguilar -- Conclusion : Amnesty in the age of accountability / Tricia D. Olsen, Leigh A. Payne, and Andrew G. Reiter.
This edited volume brings together well-established and emerging scholars of transitional justice to discuss the persistence of amnesty in the age of human rights accountability. The volume attempts to reframe debates, moving beyond the limited approaches of 'truth versus justice' or 'stability versus accountability' in which many of these issues have been cast in the existing scholarship. The theoretical and empirical contributions in this book offer new ways of understanding and tackling the enduring persistence of amnesty in the age of accountability. In addition to cross-national studies, the volume encompasses eleven country cases of amnesty for past human rights violations: Argentina, Brazil, Cambodia, El Salvador, Guatemala, Indonesia, Rwanda, South Africa, Spain, Uganda and Uruguay. The volume goes beyond merely describing these case studies, but also considers what we learn from them in terms of overcoming impunity and promoting accountability to contribute to improvements in human rights and democracy.
English.
9781139424271 (electronic bk.) 1139424270 (electronic bk.) 1139411802 9781139411806 1107232066 9781107232068 1280685220 9781280685224 9786613662163 661366216X 1139423207 9781139423205 1139420186 9781139420181 1139422235 9781139422239 1139418149 9781139418140
Amnesty.
Human rights.
Liability (Law)
Amnistie.
Droits de l'homme (Droit international)
Responsabilité (Droit)
LAW--Criminal Law--General.
Amnesty.
Human rights.
Liability (Law)
Mensenrechten.
Amnesty International.
Aansprakelijkheid.
Electronic books.
K5132 / .A46 2012eb
345/.077
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The age of accountability : the global rise of individual criminal accountability / The amnesty controversy in international law / Amnesties' challenge to the global accountability norm? : interpreting regional and international trends in amnesty enactment / From amnesty to accountability : the ebb and flow in the search for justice in Argentina / Barriers to justice : the Ley de Caducidad and impunity in Uruguay / Resistance to change : Brazil's persistent amnesty and its alternatives for truth and justice / De facto and De jure amnesty laws : the Central American case / Creeks of justice : debating post-atrocity accountability and amnesty in Rwanda and Uganda / Accountability through conditional amnesty : the case of South Africa / De facto amnesty? The example of post-Soeharto Indonesia / A limited amnesty? Insights from Cambodia / The Spanish Amnesty Law of 1977 in comparative perspective : from a law for democracy to a law for impunity / Kathryn Sikkink -- Mark Freeman and Max Pensky -- Louise Mallinder -- Pat Engstrom and Gabriel Pereira -- Francesca Lessa -- Paulo Abrão and Marcelo D. Torelly -- Emily Braid and Naomi Roht-Arriaza -- Phil Clark -- Antje du Bois-Pedain -- Patrick Burgess -- Ronald C. Slye -- Paloma Aguilar -- Conclusion : Amnesty in the age of accountability / Tricia D. Olsen, Leigh A. Payne, and Andrew G. Reiter.
This edited volume brings together well-established and emerging scholars of transitional justice to discuss the persistence of amnesty in the age of human rights accountability. The volume attempts to reframe debates, moving beyond the limited approaches of 'truth versus justice' or 'stability versus accountability' in which many of these issues have been cast in the existing scholarship. The theoretical and empirical contributions in this book offer new ways of understanding and tackling the enduring persistence of amnesty in the age of accountability. In addition to cross-national studies, the volume encompasses eleven country cases of amnesty for past human rights violations: Argentina, Brazil, Cambodia, El Salvador, Guatemala, Indonesia, Rwanda, South Africa, Spain, Uganda and Uruguay. The volume goes beyond merely describing these case studies, but also considers what we learn from them in terms of overcoming impunity and promoting accountability to contribute to improvements in human rights and democracy.
English.
9781139424271 (electronic bk.) 1139424270 (electronic bk.) 1139411802 9781139411806 1107232066 9781107232068 1280685220 9781280685224 9786613662163 661366216X 1139423207 9781139423205 1139420186 9781139420181 1139422235 9781139422239 1139418149 9781139418140
Amnesty.
Human rights.
Liability (Law)
Amnistie.
Droits de l'homme (Droit international)
Responsabilité (Droit)
LAW--Criminal Law--General.
Amnesty.
Human rights.
Liability (Law)
Mensenrechten.
Amnesty International.
Aansprakelijkheid.
Electronic books.
K5132 / .A46 2012eb
345/.077