244 Pages
by
Routledge
242 Pages
by
Routledge
248 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book examines what makes accountability for previous violations more or less possible for transitional regimes to achieve. It closely examines the other vital goals of such regimes against which accountability is often balanced. The options available are not simply prosecution or pardon, as the most heated polemics of the debate over transitional justice suggest, but a range of options from... Read more
Introduction: Justice vs. peace in times of transition 1. What makes accountability possible? 2. Global experiences in transitional justice 3. El Salvador: 'Negotiated revolution' and the truth commission 4. Argentina: Struggle for accountability 5. Honduras: Justice in semi-transition 6. South Africa: The exchange of truth for justice 7. Sri Lanka: Justice in the midst of war Conclusion Compromises of transition Bibliography
Biography
Chandra Lekha Sriram is a lecturer in the School of International Relations at the University of St Andrews, where she teaches international relations and international law, and human rights. She obtained her doctorate from Princeton University in 2000.
