Human Rights and Democratization in Latin America: Uruguay and Chile - Couverture rigide

Brito, Alexandra Barahona De

 
9780198280385: Human Rights and Democratization in Latin America: Uruguay and Chile
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 0198280386 ISBN 13 : 9780198280385
Editeur : Oxford University Press, 1997

Synopsis

This insightful new work analyses the attempts by Chile and Uruguay to resolve the human rights violations conflicts inherited from military dictatorships. The author focuses on how the post-transitional democratic governments dealt with demmands for official recognition of the truth about the human rights violations committed by the military regimes and for punishment of those guilty of committing or ordering those offences. Alexandra DeBrito sheds light on the political conditions which permitted - or prevented - the politics of truth-telling and justice under these successor regimes.

This is the first study to make comparative assessment of human rights abuse in Uruguay and Chile in this way. The author contends that the experiences of these countries offer formative examples of attempts to tackle fundamental aspects of the policies of transition and democratization. She makes an original contribution to our understanding of the key political, legal, and moral issues involved.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

This insightful new work analyses the attempts by Chile and Uruguay to resolve the human rights violations conflicts inherited from military dictatorships. The author focuses on how the post-transitional democratic governments dealt with demmands for official recognition of the truth about the human rights violations committed by the military regimes and for punishment of those guilty of committing or ordering those offences. Alexandra DeBrito sheds light on the political conditions which permitted - or prevented - the politics of truth-telling and justice under these successor regimes. This is the first study to make comparative assessment of human rights abuse in Uruguay and Chile in this way. The author contends that the experiences of these countries offer formative examples of attempts to tackle fundamental aspects of the policies of transition and democratization. She makes an original contribution to our understanding of the key political, legal, and moral issues involved.

Revue de presse

although the author does not provide a fully developed theory of transition and truth-telling, the lessons of this compelling book can be extended to other least likely cases, such as Paraguay and South Africa. (International and Comparative Law Quarterly, vol.46, July 1997)

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Éditeur
Oxford University Press
Date d'édition
1997
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0198280386
ISBN 13 
9780198280385
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
346
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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