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Author Stanley, Elizabeth

Title Torture, Truth and Justice : the Case of Timor-Leste
Published Hoboken : Taylor & Francis, 2008

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Description 1 online resource (235 pages)
Series Politics in Asia, 10
Politics in Asia, 10
Contents Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations and Other Terms; 1 Introduction; 2 Contextualizing Torture; 3 Introducing Justice; 4 Transitional Justice; 5 Torture in Timor-Leste; 6 Entrenching Criminal Injustice; 7 Justice in Truth-telling?; 8 The Continuation of Violence and Insecurity; 9 Looking to the Future; Appendix: Recognizing Torture in the Serious Crimes Process; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Summary Building on observations, documentary analysis and over seventy interviews with both torture victims and transitional justice workers this book explores how torture was used, suffered and resisted in Timor-Leste
Notes Print version record
Subject Torture -- Timor-Leste
Torture victims -- Timor-Leste
Social conditions
Torture
Torture victims
SUBJECT Timor-Leste -- Social conditions
Subject Timor-Leste
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780203416594
0203416597