The Development of Institutions of Human Rights A Comparative Study [Paperback]

During the transition to democracy, states have used various mechanisms to address previous human rights abuses including? trials, truth and reconciliation commissions and internationalized tribunals. This volume analyzes the transitional justice choices made by four countries: Argentina, Bosnia-Herzegovina (BiH), Sierra Leone and East Timor.PART I: INTRODUCTION Mechanisms of Transitional Justice; L.A.Barria & S.D.Roper PART II: ARGENTINA Argentina's Proceso: Societal Reform through Premeditated Terror; T.Wilson Successes and Limitations of the CONADEP Experience in the Determination of Responsibilities for Human Rights Violations in Argentina; E.Crenzel Recalling the Legacy of the 1985 Trial of the Military in Argentina; M.Di Paolantonio PART III: BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA Violence Born of History/History Born of Violence: A Brief Context for Understanding the Bosnian War; C.M.Morus Transitional Justice in Bosnia: The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia; J.N.Clark Home Court Advantage? Domestic Trials and Transitional Justice in Bosnia-Herzegovina; R.M.Lowry & P.C.McMahon PART IV: SIERRA LEONE Genesis of the Sierra Leone Conflict and Its Human Rights Violations; A.K.Mboka The Truth and Reconciliation Commission as a Transitional Justice Mechanism in Sierra Leone; Z.Dugal The Special Court of Sierra Leone: A Hybrid Court or Poorly Conceived International Court?; E.E.Stensrud PART V: EAST TIMOR East Timor and the Struggle for Independence; C.Fernandes Promoting Human Rights through Hybrid Courts: The Serious Crimes Process in East Timor; J.DeShaw Rae Unfinished Business: The Commission for Reception, Truth and Reconciliation in East Timor; W.Lambourne PART VI: CONCLUSION Comparing Mechanisms of Transitional Justice; S.D.Roper & L.A.Barria

The Development of Institutions of Human Rights is a wonderful contribution to the transitional justice literature. The authors walk the reader through a series of different and very detailed caselœ