In Indian context.
An examination of the way the Argentinian military dictatorship was able to commit human rights abuses because it was abetted by the willingness of Argentine civilians to either ignore or either assist their perpetration
In The Guatemalan Military Project, Jennifer Schirmer sheds light on the militarys role in Guatemala through a series of extensive interviews striking in their brutal frankness and revealing of the character of the oppressors. High-ranking officers explain in their own words the…
In The Guatemalan Military Project, Jennifer Schirmer sheds light on the militarys role in Guatemala through a series of extensive interviews striking in their brutal frankness and revealing of the character of the oppressors. High-ranking officers explain in their own words the…
"When the army comes out, it is to kill."--Augusto Pinochet. Following his bloody September 1973 coup d'état that overthrew President Salvador Allende, Augusto Pinochet, commander-in-chief of the Chilean Armed Forces and National Police, became head of a military junta that woul…
"Following his bloody September 1973 coup d'etat that overthrew President Salvador Allende, Augusto Pinochet, commander-in-chief of the Chilean Armed Forces and National Police, became head of a military junta that would rule Chile for the next seventeen years. In this primary s…
The fully revised and updated Third Edition of 'Remedies in International Human Rights Law' provides a comprehensive analysis of the law governing international and domestic remedies for human rights violations. It reviews and examines the texts and the jurisprudence on this key…
This examination of Argentina's "Dirty War" analyses the causes, describes the ideologies that motivated both sides, and explores the consequences of all-or-nothing politics.