Atrocities and international accountability; beyond transitional justice.9789280811414 Atrocities and international accountability; beyond transitional justice  This WikiProject International law is in need of attention from an expert on the subject.Please help recruit one or [ improve this article] yourself. See the talk page for details. . Ed. by Edel Hughes et al. United Nations University Pr. 2007 297 pages $32.00 Paperback K5301 As the first chapter in this book makes clear in its survey, accountability for human rights abusers in transitional countries can range from vengeance to truth commissions. The remaining 14 chapters presented by Hughes (law, U. of Limerick Limerick, city, Republic of Ireland Limerick, city (1991 pop. 56,083), seat of Co. Limerick, SW Republic of Ireland, at the head of the Shannon estuary. The city has a port with two docks. , Ireland), Schabas (human rights law, National U. of Ireland), and Thakur (political science, U. of Waterloo, Canada) explore a variety of topics within this wide arena of transitional justice. Papers include discussion of comparative transitional justice and conflict termination in Mozambique, Rwanda, and South Africa South Africa, Afrikaans Suid-Afrika, officially Republic of South Africa, republic (2005 est. pop. 44,344,000), 471,442 sq mi (1,221,037 sq km), S Africa. ; the process of justice and reconciliation in East Timor East Timor (tē`môr) or Timor-Leste (–lĕsht), Tetum Timor Lorosae, republic, officially Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste (2002 est. pop. ; the Sierra Leonian experience with having both a truth commission and a special court; the use of prosecutorial pros·e·cu·to·ri·al adj. Of, relating to, or concerned with prosecution: "a huge investigative and prosecutorial effort" Lucian K. Truscott IV. discretion at the International Criminal Court; and the issue of impartiality on the part of international criminal judges. ([c]20082005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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