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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450514203321

Autore

Sriram Chandra Lekha <1971, >

Titolo

Confronting past human rights violations : justice vs. peace in times of transition / / Chandra Lekha Sriram

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Frank Cass, , 2004

ISBN

0-429-23020-6

1-135-76820-X

1-280-23974-3

9786610239740

0-203-31289-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (253 p.)

Collana

The Cass series on peacekeeping, , 1367-9880 ; ; 14

Disciplina

323.4/9

Soggetti

Truth commissions

Human rights

Crimes against humanity

War crimes

Government liability

Restorative justice

Amnesty

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Introduction; 1 What makes accountability possible?; 2 Global experiences in transitional justice; 3 El Salvador; 4 Argentina; 5 Honduras; 6 South Africa; 7 Sri Lanka; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book examines what makes accountability for previous violations more or less possible for transitional regimes to achieve. It closely examines the other vital goals of such regimes against which accountability is often balanced. The options available are not simply prosecution or pardon, as the most heated polemics of the debate over transitional justice suggest, but a range of options from complete



amnesty through truth commissions and lustration or purification to prosecutions. The question, then, is not whether or not accountability can be achieved, but what degree of accountability ca