Amnesty in the age of human rights accountability: comparative and international perspectives

Part I. Theoretical Framework: 1. The age of accountability: the rise of individual criminal accountability Kathryn Sikkink 2. The amnesty controversy in international law Mark Freeman and Max Pensky Part II. Comparative Case Studies: 3. Amnesties' challenge to the global accountability norm? Interpreting regional and international trends in amnesty enactment Louise Mallinder 4. From amnesty to accountability: the ebbs and flows in the search for justice in Argentina Gabriel Pereira and Par Engstrom 5. Barriers to justice: the Lley de Caducidad and impunity in Uruguay Francesca Lessa 6. Resistance to change: Brazil's persistent amnesty and its alternatives for truth and justice Marcelo Torelly and Paulo Abrao 7. De facto and de jure amnesty laws: the Central American case Naomi Roht-Arriaza and Emily Braid 8. Creeks of justice: debating post-atrocity accountability in Rwanda and Uganda Phil Clark 9. Accountability through conditional amnesty: the case of South Africa Antje du Bois-Pedain 10. De facto amnesty? The example of post-Soeharto Indonesia Patrick Burgess 11. A limited amnesty? Insights from Cambodia Ronald Slye 12. The Spanish amnesty law of 1977 in comparative perspective: from a law for democracy to a law for impunity Paloma Aguilar 13. Amnesty in the age of accountability Tricia D. Olsen, Leigh A. Payne and Andrew G. Reiter.