Impunity, Human Rights, and Democracy : : Chile and Argentina, 1990-2005 / / Thomas C. Wright.
Universal human rights standards were adopted in 1948, but in the 1970s and 1980s, violent dictatorships in Argentina and Chile flagrantly defied the new protocols. Chilean general Augusto Pinochet and the Argentine military employed state terrorism in their quest to eradicate Marxism and other form...
Saved in:
Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Texas Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015 |
---|---|
VerfasserIn: | |
Place / Publishing House: | Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021] ©2014 |
Year of Publication: | 2021 |
Language: | English |
Online Access: | |
Physical Description: | 1 online resource (206 p.) |
Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
LEADER | 04530nam a22006975i 4500 | ||
---|---|---|---|
001 | 9780292759275 | ||
003 | DE-B1597 | ||
005 | 20220426115627.0 | ||
006 | m|||||o||d|||||||| | ||
007 | cr || |||||||| | ||
008 | 220426t20212014txu fo d z eng d | ||
020 | |a 9780292759275 | ||
024 | 7 | |a 10.7560/759268 |2 doi | |
035 | |a (DE-B1597)587051 | ||
035 | |a (OCoLC)1280944426 | ||
040 | |a DE-B1597 |b eng |c DE-B1597 |e rda | ||
041 | 0 | |a eng | |
044 | |a txu |c US-TX | ||
072 | 7 | |a POL000000 |2 bisacsh | |
082 | 0 | 4 | |a 364.1310982 |2 23 |
100 | 1 | |a Wright, Thomas C., |e author. |4 aut |4 http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut | |
245 | 1 | 0 | |a Impunity, Human Rights, and Democracy : |b Chile and Argentina, 1990-2005 / |c Thomas C. Wright. |
264 | 1 | |a Austin : |b University of Texas Press, |c [2021] | |
264 | 4 | |c ©2014 | |
300 | |a 1 online resource (206 p.) | ||
336 | |a text |b txt |2 rdacontent | ||
337 | |a computer |b c |2 rdamedia | ||
338 | |a online resource |b cr |2 rdacarrier | ||
347 | |a text file |b PDF |2 rda | ||
505 | 0 | 0 | |t Frontmatter -- |t Contents -- |t Acknowledgments -- |t List of Acronyms -- |t Introduction -- |t 1. State Terrorism in the Southern Cone -- |t 2. The Construction of Impunity -- |t 3. Human Rights Advocacy -- |t 4. The Changing Legal Environment, Domestic and International -- |t 5. Precipitating Events -- |t 6. The Eclipse of Impunity -- |t Conclusion -- |t Notes -- |t Selected Bibliography -- |t Index |
506 | 0 | |a restricted access |u http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec |f online access with authorization |2 star | |
520 | |a Universal human rights standards were adopted in 1948, but in the 1970s and 1980s, violent dictatorships in Argentina and Chile flagrantly defied the new protocols. Chilean general Augusto Pinochet and the Argentine military employed state terrorism in their quest to eradicate Marxism and other forms of “subversion.” Pinochet constructed an iron shield of impunity for himself and the military in Chile, while in Argentina, military pressure resulted in laws preventing prosecution for past human rights violations. When democracy was reestablished in both countries by 1990, justice for crimes against humanity seemed beyond reach. Thomas C. Wright examines how persistent advocacy by domestic and international human rights groups, evolving legal environments, unanticipated events that impacted public opinion, and eventual changes in military leadership led to a situation unique in the world—the stripping of impunity not only from a select number of commanders of the repression but from all those involved in state terrorism in Chile and Argentina. This has resulted in trials conducted by national courts, without United Nations or executive branch direction, in which hundreds of former repressors have been convicted and many more are indicted or undergoing trial. Impunity, Human Rights, and Democracy draws on extensive research, including interviews, to trace the erosion and collapse of the former repressors’ impunity—a triumph for human rights advocates that has begun to inspire authorities in other Latin American countries, including Peru, Uruguay, Brazil, and Guatemala, to investigate past human rights violations and prosecute their perpetrators. | ||
538 | |a Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. | ||
546 | |a In English. | ||
588 | 0 | |a Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Apr 2022) | |
650 | 0 | |a Democracy |z Argentina. | |
650 | 0 | |a Democracy |z Chile. | |
650 | 0 | |a Human rights |z Argentina. | |
650 | 0 | |a Human rights |z Chile. | |
650 | 0 | |a Impunity |z Argentina. | |
650 | 0 | |a Impunity |z Chile. | |
650 | 7 | |a POLITICAL SCIENCE / General. |2 bisacsh | |
773 | 0 | 8 | |i Title is part of eBook package: |d De Gruyter |t University of Texas Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015 |z 9783110745337 |
856 | 4 | 0 | |u https://doi.org/10.7560/759268 |
856 | 4 | 0 | |u https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780292759275 |
856 | 4 | 2 | |3 Cover |u https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780292759275/original |
912 | |a 978-3-11-074533-7 University of Texas Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015 |c 2014 |d 2015 | ||
912 | |a EBA_BACKALL | ||
912 | |a EBA_CL_SN | ||
912 | |a EBA_EBACKALL | ||
912 | |a EBA_EBKALL | ||
912 | |a EBA_ECL_SN | ||
912 | |a EBA_EEBKALL | ||
912 | |a EBA_ESSHALL | ||
912 | |a EBA_PPALL | ||
912 | |a EBA_SSHALL | ||
912 | |a GBV-deGruyter-alles | ||
912 | |a PDA11SSHE | ||
912 | |a PDA13ENGE | ||
912 | |a PDA17SSHEE | ||
912 | |a PDA5EBK |