The Prosecution of Human Rights Violations

Datos Bibliográficos

ID6232928
AutoresMelissa Nobles (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, autor de correspondencia)
Año2010
Volumen13
Número1
Páginas165-182
Fecha de publicación2010-05-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaAnnual Review of Political Science (BOOK_SERIES)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1094-2939 • E-ISSN: 1545-1577
EditorialAnnual Reviews (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1146/annurev.polisci.040108.110013
OpenAlexW2122610386
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas18
Referencias citadas37

This article analyzes the central arguments and findings of “transitional justice,” the study of how incoming rulers address the human rights abuses of outgoing regimes. A scholarly consensus suggests the balance of political power matters most for explanations of transitional justice decision making. However, other important influences include international factors and the passage of time combined with democratic governance and/or emotions. Our review finds no consensus on the efficacy of transitional justice measures, in part because few studies currently exist. However, existing studies suggest that trials and truth commissions neither destabilize democracy nor foster animosity, respectively. Finally, this article considers whether restricting the study of transitional justice to third-wave democracies is appropriate in light of recent developments in long-established democracies

Balance (ability · Corporate governance · Criminology · Democracy · Democratic governance · Economic Justice · Economics · Human rights · Law and economics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Sociology · Transitional justice · Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics · International Law and Human Rights · Law · Political Conflict and Governance · Psychology