LEADER 04151nam 2200757 450 001 9910828140903321 005 20210916025723.0 010 $a0-8122-0941-9 024 7 $a10.9783/9780812209419 035 $a(CKB)3710000000129929 035 $a(OCoLC)884586006 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10882861 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001256453 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11715044 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001256453 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11272550 035 $a(PQKB)11068651 035 $a(OCoLC)885010726 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse32980 035 $a(DE-B1597)449843 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780812209419 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3442387 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10882861 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL682639 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3442387 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000129929 100 $a20140624h20142014 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aAmnesties, accountability, and human rights /$fRene?e Jeffery 210 1$aPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania :$cUniversity of Pennsylvania Press,$d2014. 210 4$dİ2014 215 $a1 online resource (311 p.) 225 1 $aPennsylvania Studies in Human Rights 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 0 $a1-322-51357-0 311 0 $a0-8122-4589-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tCONTENTS --$tIntroduction --$tCHAPTER 1. The Politics of Amnesties --$tCHAPTER 2. Transitions to Democracy --$tCHAPTER 3. The Pursuit of Truth --$tCHAPTER 4. Ending Violence --$tCHAPTER 5. The End of Impunity? --$tCHAPTER 6. The Persistence of Amnesties --$tConclusion --$tNotes --$tBibliography --$tIndex --$tAcknowledgments 330 0 $aFor the last thirty years, documented human rights violations have been met with an unprecedented rise in demands for accountability. This trend challenges the use of amnesties which typically foreclose opportunities for criminal prosecutions that some argue are crucial to transitional justice. Recent developments have seen amnesties circumvented, overturned, and resisted by lawyers, states, and judiciaries committed to ending impunity for human rights violations. Yet, despite this global movement, the use of amnesties since the 1970's has not declined. Amnesties, Accountability, and Human Rights examines why and how amnesties persist in the face of mounting pressure to prosecute the perpetrators of human rights violations. Drawing on more than 700 amnesties instituted between 1970 and 2005, Rene Jeffery maps out significant trends in the use of amnesty and offers a historical account of how both the use and the perception of amnesty has changed. As mechanisms to facilitate transitions to democracy, to reconcile divided societies, or to end violent conflicts, amnesties have been adapted to suit the competing demands of contemporary post conflict politics and international accountability norms. Through the history of one evolving political instrument, Amnesties, Accountability, and Human Rights sheds light on the changing thought, practice, and goals of human rights discourse generally. 410 0$aPennsylvania studies in human rights. 606 $aAmnesty$xHistory$y20th century$vCase studies 606 $aPeace-building$xHistory$y20th century$vCase studies 606 $aAmnesty$xHistory$y21st century$vCase studies 606 $aCrimes against humanity$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aTransitional justice$xHistory$y20th century$vCase studies 610 $aHuman Rights. 610 $aLaw. 610 $aPolitical Science. 615 0$aAmnesty$xHistory 615 0$aPeace-building$xHistory 615 0$aAmnesty$xHistory 615 0$aCrimes against humanity$xHistory 615 0$aTransitional justice$xHistory 676 $a345/.077 700 $aJeffery$b Rene?e$01673337 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910828140903321 996 $aAmnesties, accountability, and human rights$94095122 997 $aUNINA