Post-transitional Justice

Human Rights Trials in Chile and El Salvador

AvCath Collins

Inbunden, Engelska, 2010

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Latin America is still dealing with the legacy of terror and torture from its authoritarian past. In the years after the restoration of democratic governments in countries where violations of human rights were most rampant, the efforts to hold former government officials accountable were mainly conducted at the level of the state, through publicly appointed truth commissions and other such devices. This stage of “transitional justice” has been carefully and exhaustively studied. But as this first wave of efforts died down, with many still left unsatisfied that justice had been rendered, a new approach began to take over. In Post-transitional Justice, Cath Collins examines the distinctive nature of this approach, which combines evolving legal strategies by private actors with changes in domestic judicial systems. Collins presents both a theoretical framework and a finely detailed investigation of how this has played out in two countries, Chile and El Salvador. Drawing on more than three hundred interviews, Collins analyzes the reasons why the process achieved relative success in Chile but did not in El Salvador.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2010-07-30
Mått:152 x 229 x 27 mm
Vikt:567 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:296
Förlag:Pennsylvania State University Press
ISBN:9780271036878

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Amerikas historia inom Historia och arkeologi

Mer om författaren

Cath Collins is Professor and Researcher in the School of Political Science at the University of Diego Portales in Santiago, Chile. She is also an Associate Fellow of Chatham House, London, a member of the University of London Human Rights Consortium, and a Research Associate at Trinity College, Dublin.

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“This book is indispensable for understanding how Latin America evolved from a region of dictatorships, gross human rights violations, and rampant impunity to one defined by greater accountability and the rule of law. Collins goes beyond analyzing the transitional justice models of the 1980s and provides a comprehensive overview of the actors, strategies, and institutions that led to the emergence of ‘post-transitional accountability trajectories.’ Collins’s framework will undoubtedly be useful to study and advise other countries that are undergoing similar transitions.”—José Miguel Vivanco, Human Rights Watch

Innehållsförteckning

ContentsAcknowledgmentsList of Acronyms and Abbreviations Introduction1.Transitional Justice: Why We Need a New Framework2.Post-transitional Justice3.Studying Post-transitional Justice4.Chile’s Human Rights Challenge: The Pinochet Years5.No One Writes to the General: Post-transitional Justice in Chile6.El Salvador’s Long War7.Changing to Stay the Same: Post-transitional Justice in El Salvador8.Comparative Analysis and ConclusionsAppendix: List of InterviewsReferencesIndex