| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 398 pages) |
| Contents |
Punishment, redress, and pardon : theoretical and psychological approaches / Naomi Roht-Arriaza -- Sources in International treaties of an obligation to investigate, prosecute, and provide redress / Naomi Roht-Arriaza -- Nontreaty sources of the obligation to investigate and prosecute / Naomi Roht-Arriaza -- Special problems of a duty to prosecute : derogation, amnesties, statutes of limitation, and superior orders / Naomi Roht-Arriaza -- Overview / Naomi Roht-Arriaza -- Decommunization after the 'velvet revolutions' in East Central Europe / Kathleen E. Smith -- Problems in blaming and punishing individuals for human rights violations : the example of the Berlin wall shootings / Suzanne Walther -- Destalinization in the former Soviet Union / Kathleen E. Smith -- Romania : a persistent culture of impunity / Edwin Rekosh -- Punishing human rights abusers in fledgling democracies : the case of Argentina / Jaime Malamud-Goti -- Chile : truth and justice under the democratic government / Jorge Mera -- Haiti : searching for alternatives / Irwin P. Stotzky -- El Salvador : a negotiated end to impunity? / Margaret Popkin -- Overview / Naomi Roht-Arriaza -- Human rights debacle in the Philippines / Belinda Aquino -- Human rights in Cambodia / Michael Vickery and Naomi Roht-Arriaza -- Zimbabwe : drawing a line through the past / Richard Carver -- South Africa : negotiating change? / Lynn Berat |
| Summary |
Roht-Arriaza explores the basis in international law to investigate past human rights violations, to prosecute perpetrators, and to provide redress for victims |
| Analysis |
Rights International law |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-381) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Human rights.
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Sanctions (International law)
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Human Rights
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Human Rights.
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Human rights
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Sanctions (International law)
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Roht-Arriaza, Naomi
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| ISBN |
9780195081367 |
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0195081366 |
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1423729277 |
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9781423729273 |
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1280526726 |
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9781280526725 |
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1601299184 |
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9781601299185 |
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9786610526727 |
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6610526729 |
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