The Ríos Montt case and universal jurisdiction

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ID6196759
AuthorsAmy Ro (0000-0001-8566-5607, Russian State Agrarian Correspondence University, corresponding author)
Year2016
Volume18
Issue2-3
Pages361-376
Publication date2016-07-02
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Genocide Research (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1462-3528 • E-ISSN: 1469-9494
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/14623528.2016.1186960
OpenAlexW2474446271
LanguageEN
Citations received5

This article analyses the inter-relationship of developments in international justice and the prosecution of Efraín Ríos Montt for the crime of genocide in Guatemala. International justice processes, particularly concerning the application of ‘universal jurisdiction’, contributed to the advancement of the case against Ríos Montt, in Spain and Guatemala. In turn, the prosecution of Ríos Montt influenced the interpretation and application of universal jurisdiction, with ramifications beyond the Guatemalan case itself. The article traces the prosecution for genocide of Efraín Ríos Montt in the Spanish National Court, and situates this particular case within broader currents and networks associated with prosecuting grave violations of human rights. The prosecution of Ríos Montt demonstrates that, rather than a simple case of global norms trickling ‘down’ to the (lower) local level, mutually constituted activities of the global and the local continually shape each other. The interconnections of national and transnational processes were key to the prosecution of genocide in Guatemala

Economic Justice · Genocide · Jurisdiction · Political science · Universal jurisdiction · Computer Science · Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics · International Law and Human Rights · Law

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