Truth commissions and international law : jurisdiction, representation, authority / Valeria Vázquez Guevara

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vázquez Guevara, Valeria, author.

Series:

Law in context

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Truth commissions.

Reparation (Criminal justice).

Jurisdiction (International law).

Transitional justice.

Human rights.

Restitution.

Conflict management.

Human Rights.

Medical Subjects:

Human Rights.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2026

Summary:

"This book examines how truth commissions construct authoritative accounts of conflict, and how they account for the plurality of accounts across affected communities. Vázquez Guevara examines three of the earliest and most influential truth commissions: Argentina (1983–1984), Chile (1990–1991), and El Salvador (1992–1993), and examines how relevant cultural objects support or counter the official account for each. In doing so, she argues that these truth commissions drew on international law to authorise their accounts of violent conflict, and that this had the consequence of privileging an internationally-authorised truth over other truths, whilst simultaneously strengthening the authority of international law over the post-conflict state. By demonstrating how truth commissions turn to international law for authority, the book shows how this produces an official account of past violence and promises of future community, which fundamentally affects how communities live together in the aftermath of violent conflict"-- Cambridge Core

Contents:

Truth commissions and international law : jurisdiction, representation, authority

Invoking the promises of international law

Using the language of human rights

Linking the ‘local’ to the ‘international’

Receiving truth commissions through international law

Conclusion : truth commissions and the authority of international law

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index

Online resource; title from PDF title page (De Gruyter Brill, viewed June 16, 2026)

Other Format:

Print version: Vázquez Guevara, Valeria Truth commissions and international law

ISBN:

9781009679961

1009679961

OCLC:

1585501541

Publisher Number:

CIPO000365841

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license