The Development of Institutions of Human Rights: A Comparative Study (Hardcover)

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