04151nam 2200757 450 991082814090332120210916025723.00-8122-0941-910.9783/9780812209419(CKB)3710000000129929(OCoLC)884586006(CaPaEBR)ebrary10882861(SSID)ssj0001256453(PQKBManifestationID)11715044(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001256453(PQKBWorkID)11272550(PQKB)11068651(OCoLC)885010726(MdBmJHUP)muse32980(DE-B1597)449843(DE-B1597)9780812209419(Au-PeEL)EBL3442387(CaPaEBR)ebr10882861(CaONFJC)MIL682639(MiAaPQ)EBC3442387(EXLCZ)99371000000012992920140624h20142014 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtccrAmnesties, accountability, and human rights /Renée JefferyPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania :University of Pennsylvania Press,2014.©20141 online resource (311 p.)Pennsylvania Studies in Human RightsBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph1-322-51357-0 0-8122-4589-X Includes bibliographical references and index.Front matter --CONTENTS --Introduction --CHAPTER 1. The Politics of Amnesties --CHAPTER 2. Transitions to Democracy --CHAPTER 3. The Pursuit of Truth --CHAPTER 4. Ending Violence --CHAPTER 5. The End of Impunity? --CHAPTER 6. The Persistence of Amnesties --Conclusion --Notes --Bibliography --Index --AcknowledgmentsFor the last thirty years, documented human rights violations have been met with an unprecedented rise in demands for accountability. This trend challenges the use of amnesties which typically foreclose opportunities for criminal prosecutions that some argue are crucial to transitional justice. Recent developments have seen amnesties circumvented, overturned, and resisted by lawyers, states, and judiciaries committed to ending impunity for human rights violations. Yet, despite this global movement, the use of amnesties since the 1970's has not declined. Amnesties, Accountability, and Human Rights examines why and how amnesties persist in the face of mounting pressure to prosecute the perpetrators of human rights violations. Drawing on more than 700 amnesties instituted between 1970 and 2005, Rene Jeffery maps out significant trends in the use of amnesty and offers a historical account of how both the use and the perception of amnesty has changed. As mechanisms to facilitate transitions to democracy, to reconcile divided societies, or to end violent conflicts, amnesties have been adapted to suit the competing demands of contemporary post conflict politics and international accountability norms. Through the history of one evolving political instrument, Amnesties, Accountability, and Human Rights sheds light on the changing thought, practice, and goals of human rights discourse generally.Pennsylvania studies in human rights.AmnestyHistory20th centuryCase studiesPeace-buildingHistory20th centuryCase studiesAmnestyHistory21st centuryCase studiesCrimes against humanityHistory20th centuryTransitional justiceHistory20th centuryCase studiesHuman Rights.Law.Political Science.AmnestyHistoryPeace-buildingHistoryAmnestyHistoryCrimes against humanityHistoryTransitional justiceHistory345/.077Jeffery Renée1673337MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910828140903321Amnesties, accountability, and human rights4095122UNINA