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Impunity and Human Rights in International Law and Practice

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ISBN-10: 0195081366

ISBN-13: 9780195081367

Edition: 1995

Authors: Naomi Roht-Arriaza

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Roht-Arriaza explores the basis in international law to investigate past human rights violations, to prosecute perpetrators, and to provide redress for victims.
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Book details

List price: $155.00
Copyright year: 1995
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 7/13/1995
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 416
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.49" long x 1.42" tall
Weight: 1.606
Language: English

Preface and Acknowledgments
Contributors
Introduction
The Legal Setting
Punishment, Redress, and Pardon: Theoretical and Psychological Approaches
Sources in International Treaties of an Obligation to Investigate, Prosecute, and Provide Redress
Nontreaty Sources of the Obligation to Investigate and Prosecute
Special Problems of a Duty to Prosecute: Derogation, Amnesties, Statutes of Limitation, and Superior Orders
Case Studies: Europe
Overview
Decommunization After the "Velvet Revolutions" in East Central Europe
Problems in Blaming and Punishing Individuals for Human Rights Violations: The Example of the Berlin Wall Shootings
Destalinization in the Former Soviet Union
Romania: a Persistent Culture of Impunity
Case Studies: Latin America
Overview
Punishing Human Rights Abuses in Fledgling Democracies: The Case of Argentina
Chile: Truth an Justice Under the Democratic Government
Haiti: Searching for Alternatives
El Salvador: a Negotiated End to Impunity?
Case Studies: Africa and Asia
Overview
The Human Rights Debacle in the Philippines
Human Rights in Cambodia
Zimbabwe: Drawing a Line Through the Past
South Africa: Negotiating Change?
Conclusion: Combating Impunity
Notes
Index