The development of institutions of human rights: a comparative study

During the transition to democracy, states have used various mechanisms to address previous human rights abuses including trials, truth and reconciliation commissions and internationalized tribunals. This volume analyzes the transitional justice choices made by four countries: Argentina, Bosnia-Herzegovina (BiH), Sierra Leone and East Timor. INDICE: - PART I: INTRODUCTION - Mechanisms of Transitional Justice; L.A.Barria & S.D.Roper - PART II: ARGENTINA - Argentina's Proceso: Societal Reform through Premeditated Terror; T.Wilson - Successes and Limitations of the CONADEP Experience in the Determination of Responsibilities for Human Rights Violations in Argentina; E.Crenzel - Recalling the Legacy of the 1985 Trial of the Military in Argentina; M.Di Paolantonio - PART III: BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA - Violence Born of History/History Born of Violence: A Brief Context for Understandingthe Bosnian War; C.M.Morus - Transitional Justice in Bosnia: The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia; J.N.Clark - Home Court Advantage? Domestic Trials and Transitional Justice in Bosnia-Herzegovina; R.M.Lowry &P.C.McMahon - PART IV: SIERRA LEONE - Genesis of the Sierra Leone Conflict and Its Human Rights Violations; A.K.Mboka - The Truth and Reconciliation Commission as a Transitional Justice Mechanism in Sierra Leone; Z.Dugal - The Special Court of Sierra Leone: A Hybrid Court or Poorly Conceived International Court?; E.E.Stensrud - PART V: EAST TIMOR - East Timor and the Struggle for Independence; C.Fernandes - Promoting Human Rights through Hybrid Courts: The Serious Crimes Process in East Timor; J.DeShaw Rae - Unfinished Business: The Commission for Reception, Truth and Reconciliation in East Timor; W.Lambourne - PARTVI: CONCLUSION - Comparing Mechanisms of Transitional Justice; S.D.Roper & L.A.Barria -

• ISBN: 978-1-4039-7652-9
• Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 256
• Fecha Publicación: 09/07/2010
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés