The role of courts in transitional justice [[electronic resource] ] : voices from Latin America and Spain / / edited by Jessica Almqvist and Carlos Esposito

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910452172403321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York, : Routledge, c2012
• ISBN: 1-136-57926-5; 0-203-15502-5
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (337 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): AlmqvistJessica; Esps̤itoCarlos D
• Disciplina: 347.8
• Soggetti: Transitional justice - Latin America; Justice, Administration of - Latin America; Courts - Latin America; Transitional justice - Spain; Justice, Administration of - Spain; Courts - Spain; International criminal law; 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: The Role of Courts in Transitional Justice Voices from Latin America and Spain; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Notes on contributors; 1 Introduction; 2 Recollections of the international adjudication of massacre cases: its relevance for transitional justice and beyond; 3 The progressive development of the international law of transitional justice: the role of the Inter-American system; 4 The possibility of criminal justice: the Argentinean experience; 5 Chilean transitional justice and the legacy of the de facto regime; 6 Spain as an example of total oblivion with partial rehabilitation7 The challenges posed to the recent investigation of crimes committed during the Spanish Civil War and Francoism; 8 Responding to human rights violations committed during the internal armed conflict in Peru: the limits and advances of Peruvian criminal justice; 9 Many roads to ; justice: transnational prosecutions and international support for criminal investigations in post-conflict Guatemala; 10 The criminal investigation and its relationship to jurisdiction, extradition, co-operation and criminal policy; 11 Colombia as a sui generis case12 Restoring civic confidence through transitional justice; 13 The International Criminal Court: possible contributions of the Rome Statute to judicial processes in transitional societies; 14 Conclusion; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Bringing together a group of outstanding judges, scholars and experts with first-hand experience in the field of transitional justice in Latin America and Spain, this book offers an insider's perspective on the enhanced role of courts in prosecuting serious human rights violations and grave crimes, such as genocide and war crimes, committed in the context of a prior repressive regime or current conflict. The book also draws attention to the ways in which regional and international courts have come to contribute to the initiation of national judicial processes. All the contributions evince t