Truth, Justice, and Reparations in Peru, Uruguay, and South Korea

This book presents the first cross-regional analysis of post-transitional justice periods and the conditions that influence states' behaviors. Specifically, the book examines why states that adopt and ostensibly implement transitional justice norms as policiescriminal prosecutions, reparations policies, and truth commissionsfail to follow through with their recommendations. Applying these perspectives to a comparative study of states from Latin America and East Asianamely, Peru, Uruguay, and South Koreawhich accepted and implemented transitional justice norms but took different trajectories of behavior after the implementation of policies, this book contributes to understanding the relationship of norm influence on states and why states change in compliance after norm adoption. The book explores the conditions that contribute or limit the continued respect for transitional justice norms, emphasizing the political interests and transnational advocacy networks' roles in affectingstates' policies of addressing past abuses.

Questions transitional justice literature's expectation on positive changes resulting from truth-seeking, reparations, and criminal accountability Argues that international human rights norms are not enough to fundamentally change states' policies or sustain states' course of compliance Elaborates on how transitional justice policies are affected by two factors: the interest of states and the activism of international and domestic human rights actors Demonstrates the vulnerability of states' commitment to normative obligations and the continued importance domestic political utility calculations have in determining state behaviour

Autorentext

Ñusta Carranza Ko is an Assistant Professor in the School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Baltimore. She is the co-author of Theories of International Relations and the Game of Thrones (Lanham: Lexington Books, 2019). Her research focuses on transitional justice in Latin America and Asia, and indigenous peoples' rights in Peru.

Inhalt

1. Chapter 1.- When the Pressure of the World Has Dissipated Introduction, 2. Chapter 2.- Converging Theories of Human Rights and Transitional Justice, 3. Chapter 3.- Political Dynamics of Transitional Justice Change in Peru, 4. Chapter 4.- Uruguay's Path Towards Justice, 5.Chapter 5.- The Story of South Korea's Past Abuses and Present Policies,6. Chapter 6.- Conclusion Domestic Politics, International Pressure, and Transitional Justice.