The inter-American human rights system as a safeguard for justice in national transitions : : from amnesty laws to accountability in Argentina, Chile and Peru / / Annelen Micus.

• Superior document: International Studies in Human Rights, Volume 113
• VerfasserIn: Micus, Annelen,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill Nijhoff,, 2015.; ©2015
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Language: English
• Series: International studies in human rights ; 113.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (460 pages)
• Notes: Based on author's thesis (doctoral - Bucerius Law School, Hamburg, 2013) issued under title: The Inter-American System for the Protection and Promotion of Human Rights as a Safeguard for Justice in National Transitions : The Duty to Investigate and Prosecute vs. Latin American Amnesty Laws.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• ISBN: 9004289739
• ISSN: 0924-4751
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Annelen Micus.

In The Inter-American Human Rights System as a Safeguard for Justice in National Transitions , Annelen Micus analyzes the importance of the Inter-American Human Rights System for transitional justice processes in Latin America, with a focus on Argentina, Chile and Peru. She examines which factors influence a country’s approach in confronting its past and addressing impunity. The emphasis is placed on the way countries may overcome amnesty laws with the support of international law in order to hold perpetrators of grave human rights violations to account. The book’s main focus is on the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, and the impact of its jurisprudence on legal proceedings and political decisions within the national transitional justice processes in the three countries.