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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453255103321

Titolo

Transitional justice in the Asia-Pacific / / edited by Renée Jeffery, Hun Joon Kim [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2014

ISBN

1-107-70305-0

1-139-89314-9

1-107-54621-4

1-139-62891-7

1-107-59854-0

1-107-69184-2

1-107-70389-1

1-107-66850-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xi, 312 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

340/.115

Soggetti

Transitional justice - Asia

Transitional justice - Pacific Area

Political crimes and offenses - Asia

Political crimes and offenses - Pacific Area

Rule of law - Asia

Rule of law - Pacific Area

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Transitional justice in the Asia-Pacific : comparative and theoretical perspectives / Leigh A. Payne and Kathryn Sikkink -- Sri Lanka : atrocities, accountability, and the decline of rule of law / Chandra Lekha Sriram -- Transitional justice delayed in Aceh, Indonesia / Edward Aspinall and Fajran Zain -- Transitional justice in Cambodia : the coincidence of power and principle / Kirsten Ainley -- Beyond 'pragmatism' versus 'principle' : ongoing justice debates in East Timor / Lia Kent -- Reconciliation and the rule of law in the Solomon Islands / Renée Jeffery -- Transitional justice in South Korea / Hun Joon Kim.

Sommario/riassunto

How to address the human rights violations of previous regimes and



past periods of conflict is one of the most pressing questions facing governments and policy makers today. New democracies and states in the fragile post-conflict peace-settlement phase are confronted by the need to make crucial decisions about whether to hold perpetrators of human rights violations accountable for their actions and, if so, how to best achieve that end. This is the first book to examine the ways in which states and societies in the Asia-Pacific region have navigated these difficult waters. Drawing together several of the world's leading experts on transitional justice with Asia-Pacific regional and country specialists it provides an overview of the processes and practices of transitional justice in the region as well as detailed analysis of the cases of Cambodia, Sri Lanka, Aceh, Indonesia, South Korea, the Solomon Islands and East Timor.