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

• Autore: Sriram Chandra Lekha <1971, >
• Pubblicazione: New York : , : Frank Cass, , 2004
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (253 p.)
• Disciplina: 323.4/9
• Soggetto topico: Truth commissions; Human rights; Crimes against humanity; War crimes; Government liability; Restorative justice; Amnesty
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Confronting past human rights violations
• ISBN: 0-429-23020-6; 1-135-76820-X; 1-280-23974-3; 9786610239740; 0-203-31289-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910450514203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Cass series on peacekeeping ; ; 14.