Truth recovery and transitional justice : deferring human rights issues

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Truth recovery and transitional justice : deferring human rights issues

Title remainder

deferring human rights issues

Statement of responsibility

Iosif Kovras

Creator

• Kovras, Iosif, 1983-
• Kovras, Iosif, 1983-

Subject

• Case studies
• Civil War (Spain : 1936-1939)
• Cyprus
• Disappeared persons
• Disappeared persons -- Case studies
• History
• Human rights -- Political aspects
• Human rights -- Political aspects -- Case studies
• Political violence
• Political violence -- Cyprus -- History -- 20th century
• Spain
• Spain -- History -- Civil War, 1936-1939 -- Atrocities
• Spain -- History -- Civil War, 1936-1939 -- Atrocities
• Truth commissions
• Truth commissions -- Case studies
• 1900 - 1999
• Atrocities

Genre

• History
• Case studies

Language

eng

Summary

"This book investigates why some societies defer transitional justice issues after successful democratic consolidation. Despite democratisation, the exhumation of mass graves containing the victims from the violence in Cyprus (1963-1974) and the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) was delayed until the early 2000s, when both countries suddenly decided to revisit the past. Although this contradicts the actions of other countries such as South Africa, Bosnia, and Guatemala where truth recovery for disappeared/missing persons was a central element of the transition to peace and democracy, Cyprus and Spain are not alone: this is an increasing trend among countries trying to come to terms with past violence. Truth Recovery and Transitional Justice considers the case studies of Spain and Cyprus and explores three interrelated issues. First, the book examines which factors can explain prolonged silence on the issue of missing persons in transitional settings. It then goes on to explore the transformation of victims' groups from opponents of truth recovery to vocal pro-reconciliation pressure groups, and examines the circumstances in which it is better to tie victims' rights to an overall political settlement. Finally, the author goes on to compare Spain and Cyprus with Greece- a country that remains resistant to post-transitional justice norms. This book will be of interest to students of transitional justice, human rights, peace and conflict studies and security studies in general"--

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• Contemporary security studies

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illustrations

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index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Series statement

Contemporary security studies