Cardozo Journal of International and Comparative Law
Abstract
The article examines the effectiveness of transitional justice mechanisms in addressing human rights abuses, using Chile's experience under Augusto Pinochet as a model. It critiques the U.S. for failing to adopt similar approaches to accountability, particularly in addressing abuses at Guantanamo Bay and other detention centers. The analysis highlights the importance of combining truth commissions, criminal prosecutions, and reparations to achieve justice and promote democratic transition. It argues that the U.S. must align its domestic practices with the international human rights standards it promotes.
Disciplines
Comparative and Foreign Law | Criminal Law | Criminal Procedure | Human Rights Law | Law | Law and Politics | Military, War, and Peace
Recommended Citation
Nadia Shamsi,
From Villa Grimaldi to Guantánamo Bay: Remedying Human Rights Abuses in Chile and the United States,
22
Cardozo J. Int'l & Comp. L.
355
(2014).
Available at:
https://larc.cardozo.yu.edu/cjicl/vol22/iss2/5
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