The statute of limitations within the framework of Chilean transitional justice : an analysis from the victims' perspective / Rodrigo A. González-Fuente Rubilar.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

González-Fuente Rubilar, Rodrigo A., author.

Series:

Internationale Göttinger Reihe. Rechtswissenschaften ; Band 48

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Victims of crimes--Civil rights.

Victims of crimes.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (248 pages).

Place of Publication:

Göttingen, [Germany] : Cuvillier Verlag, 2013.

Summary:

Transitional Justice is increasingly consolidating as a legal framework directed at providing an answer as to how to deal with the serious violations of human rights committed during a warlike conflict or a dictatorship. In order to achieve this goal, transitional justice resorts to measures which must have the victim's rights as a limit. The victim's perspective is emphasized in the context of transitional justice due to the special characteristics of physical and psychological harm that they suffered during the constitutional break. Thus, victims' rights constitute a schema of reference for determining the admissibility of a political measure enacted during the transition or the re-thinking of traditional legal institutions. It is precisely in this context that the statute of limitations must be questioned with regards to the criminal prosecution of core crimes.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed September 29, 2017).

ISBN:

9783736945395

3736945396