{"product_id":"amnesties-accountability-and-human-rights-renzse-jeffery-9780812245899","title":"Amnesties, Accountability, and Human Rights","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor the last thirty years, documented human rights violations have been met with an unprecedented rise in demands for accountability. This trend challenges the use of amnesties which typically foreclose opportunities for criminal prosecutions that some argue are crucial to transitional justice. Recent developments have seen amnesties circumvented, overturned, and resisted by lawyers, states, and judiciaries committed to ending impunity for human rights violations. Yet, despite this global movement, the use of amnesties since the 1970s has not declined.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAmnesties, Accountability, and Human Rights\u003c\/i\u003e examines why and how amnesties persist in the face of mounting pressure to prosecute the perpetrators of human rights violations. Drawing on more than 700 amnesties instituted between 1970 and 2005, Renée Jeffery maps out significant trends in the use of amnesty and offers a historical account of how both the use and the perception of amnesty has changed. As mechanisms to facilitate transitions to democracy, to reconcile divided societies, or to end violent conflicts, amnesties have been adapted to suit the competing demands of contemporary postconflict politics and international accountability norms. Through the history of one evolving political instrument, \u003ci\u003eAmnesties, Accountability, and Human Rights\u003c\/i\u003e sheds light on the changing thought, practice, and goals of human rights discourse generally.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Renée Jeffery\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 081224589X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780812245899\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Pennsylvania Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/26\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 312\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.20w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2015 pg. 889","brand":"Renée Jeffery","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48013793951999,"sku":"9780812245899","price":74.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9fed87ef-9c6d-448e-a043-291a0d5de091.jpg?v=1767744809","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/amnesties-accountability-and-human-rights-renzse-jeffery-9780812245899","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}