1st Edition
Truth Recovery and Transitional Justice Deferring human rights issues
1. Truth Recovery for Missing Persons and the Global Diffusion of ‘Truth' Part I: Prolonged Silences 2. Spain: The Persistence of the ‘Pact of Silence' 3. The Prevention of Truth Recovery for Missing Persons in Cyprus 4. Cases Compared: Hegemonic Silence and the ‘Linkage Trap’ Part II: Post-Transitional Justice 5. The Crumbling of the Pact of Silence in Spain 6. The Success Story of the Cyprus Problem 7. The Greek Puzzle 8. Cases Compared: Belated truth seekers and post-transitional justice 9. Conclusion ‘Unearthing the Truth’
Biography
Iosif Kovras is a Research Fellow at Queen's University, Belfast (Institute for the Study of Conflict Transformation and Social Justice).
'This book poses incisive and provocative questions, providing critical insights to transitional justice literature. Its analysis of the various dynamics generated when dealing with the problem of enforced disappearances in different countries enriches this fascinating field by provinding systematic comparisons and analytic sophistication.' -- Paloma Aguilar Fernández, UNED, Madrid, Spain
'At a time when scholars and policy makers continue to grapple with the challenges of how best to deal with the troublesome legacies of past conflict, Iosif Kovras' exploration of the silences surrounding the missingpeople is particularly timely and welcome. Kovras systematically identifies the economic, legal, political and ideological factors contributing to support for or opposition to truth recovery. This book will be of immense value not only to scholars in the field, but to politicians, lawyers and policy makers, and those who are interested or involved in transitional justice and peacemaking.’-- Marie Breen-Smyth, University of Surrey, UK
