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Title

After oppression : transitional justice in Latin America and Eastern Europe / edited by Vesselin Popovski and Mónica Serrano.

Publication

Shibuya-ku, Tokyo , Japan United Nations University Press, 2012.

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Additional Authors

• Popovski, Vesselin
• Serrano, Mónica.

Description

xv, 526 p. : ill.; 23 cm.

Summary

"The decline of authoritarianism in Latin America and Eastern Europe marked the end of a dark chapter in the history of these societies. In both regions, transition to democracy was accompanied by distinct efforts to come to terms with the traumatic experiences of the past and to demand accountability from the oppressors. The impact of these efforts rippled far beyond national boundaries, expanding the frontiers of international justice and yielding indelible lessons and inspiration. As these societies crossed the uncharted waters of transition and liberalization, one difficult question remained: How can the need for democratic stability in the present and future be reconciled with the imperative of truth and justice for the past? This was an unprecedented test: societies made their way forward often through trial and error, steps ahead were followed by steps back. After Oppression enquires into the effectiveness of various accountability mechanisms and argues that while there are many different paths to truth and justice, all depend on continued efforts in order to reach them. In many cases these efforts also create favourable conditions for the development of a resilient human rights culture. This book demonstrates that democratic consolidation and accountability for past human rights violations are closely related, if independent, processes"--P. [4] of cover.

Subject

• Transitional justice > Case studies
• Human rights > Case studies
• Transitional justice > Latin America
• Transitional justice > Europe, Eastern
• Peace-building
• Reconciliation

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Transitional justice across continents / Vesselin Popovski and Mónica Serrano -- Models of accountability and the effectiveness of transitional justice / Kathryn Sikkink -- Accountability, the rule of law and transitional justice in Latin America / Pilar Domingo -- "The past is never dead" : accountability and justice for past human rights violations in Argentina / Catalina Smulovitz -- The paradox of accountability in Brazil / James L. Cavallaro and Fernando Delgado -- The unlikely outcome : transitional justice in Chile, 1990-2008 / Claudio Fuentes -- Transitional justice without a compass : paramilitary demobilization in Colombia / Elvira María Restrepo -- El Salvador : the peace process and transitional justice / Ricardo Córdova Macías and Nayelly Loya Marín -- Transitional justice in Guatemala / Carmen Rosa de León Escribano and María Patricia González Chávez -- Transitional justice and democratic consolidation : the Peruvian experience / Carlos Basombrío Iglesias -- On the effectiveness of judicial accountability mechanisms in Bosnia and Herzegovina / Ernesto Kiza -- Justice and accountability mechanisms in Bulgaria in the transition period (1989-2008) / Hristo Hristov and Alexander Kashumov -- After the fall of the Berlin Wall : transitional justice in Germany / Gerhard Werle and Moritz Vormbaum -- Lustration as a trust-building mechanism? : transitional justice in Poland / Monkia Nalepa -- Neither forgiving nor punishing? : evaluating transitional justice in Romania / Lavinia Stan -- From Velvet Revolution to velvet justice : the case of Slovakia / Nadya Nedelsky -- Accountability for Communist crimes and restitution for victims in Slovenia / Mitja Steinbacher, Matjaž Steinbacher and Matej Steinbacher -- Transitional justice : reframing the debate / Alexandra Barahona de Brito and Laurence Whitehead -- Transitional justice and democratic consolidation / Mónica Serrano -- The complexity and effectiveness of transitional justice in Latin America and Eastern Europe / Vesselin Popovski.

ISBN

• 9789280812008 (pbk.)
• 9280812009 (pbk.)

LCCN

^^2012026616

OCLC

• 810039735
• SCSB-10423670

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library