Archive for the ‘Transitional Justice’ Category

Reversing Accountability in South Africa: From Amnesty to Pardons and Non-Prosecutions

BY HUGO VAN DER MERWE In 1995, the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) introduced a mechanism that offered a morally compromised form of accountability: amnesty in exchange for public disclosure of truth.  While this was a bitter pill to swallow for the South African public and an unacceptable deal for many victims, it [...]

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Lessons From The Trial Of Former President Alberto Fujimori

BY RONALD GAMARRA HERRERA On April 7, 2009, the Peruvian Supreme Court’s Special Criminal Court handed down a unanimous sentence against former President Alberto Fujimori in the four cases of human rights violations for which he was on trial: collective assassinations in Barrios Altos and La Cantuta, and the abductions of journalist Gustavo Gorriti and [...]

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