01929cam a22002415a 4500 27248 27219 20190321103139.0 170309t2017 enka frb 001 0 eng d 9781316617700 DLC eng DLC DLC EG-ScBUE 362.87 KOV 22 Kovras, Iosif, 1983- Grassroots activism and the evolution of transitional justice : the families of the disappeared / Iosif Kovras. New York : Cambridge University Press, c.2017. xii, 291 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. The families of the disappeared have long struggled to uncover the truth about their missing relatives. In so doing, their mobilization has shaped central transitional justice norms and institutions, as this ground-breaking work demonstrates. Kovras combines a new global database with the systematic analysis of four challenging case studies - Lebanon, Cyprus, South Africa and Chile - each representative of a different approach to transitional justice. These studies reveal how variations in transitional justice policies addressing the disappeared occur: explaining why victims' groups in some countries are caught in silence, while others bring perpetrators to account. Conceiving of transitional justice as a dynamic process, Kovras traces the different phases of truth recovery in post-transitional societies, giving substance not only to the 'why' but also the 'when' and 'how' of this kind of campaign against impunity. This book is essential reading for all those interested in the development of transitional justice and human rights. Disappeared persons Case studies. BUEsh Disappeared persons' families Political activity Case studies. BUEsh Transitional justice Case studies. BUEsh BUEsh March2019 BUSBOL ddc 0 0 ddc 0 0 Baccah MAIN MAIN 1ST 2019-03-18 Purchase 810.00 177 0 362.87 KOV 000043260 2025-07-15 00:00:00 1012.50 BB