Impact of Human Rights Prosecutions

Ulrike Capdepon holds a PhD in political science and is a researcher and project coordinator at the Center for Cultural Inquiry (ZKF), University of Konstanz. Rosario Figari Layus is postdoctoral researcher in social sciences and lecturer at the Chair for Peace Studies, Faculty of Law, Justus Liebig University Giessen.

• PrologueAleida AssmannIntroduction: Do Human Rights Trials Make a Difference after Conflict, Dictatorship and State-Sponsored Violence? Rosario Figari Layús and Ulrike CapdepónHuman Rights Trials without Human Rights Law: Prosecuting Nazi Crimes in Postwar Germany After Nuremberg Annette WeinkeCourts as a Site to Tell the “Truth”: The Case of Former Prison Commander Alexandru Vişinescu Kristine AvramSeeking Justice for the Crimes of the Franco Dictatorship: The Politics of Victimhood in the “Argentine Legal Complaint”Ulrike CapdepónThe Struggle of Victims for Human Rights Trials in Post-Dictatorship Chile Boris Hau The State Against the State: The Impact of Governmental Contradictions on Human Rights Trials and Victims in ArgentinaRosario Figari LayúsOperation Condor Trials Abroad: The Innovation and Domestic Constraints of Transnational ProsecutionDebbie SharnakTensions Between Criminal Trials and the Sense of Justice in Post-Conflict Peru Iris JaveThe International Criminal Court’s “Africa Problem” and Suppression of the “Justice Cascade”Geoffrey LuganoConditions and Cultural Consequences of International Criminal Justice Intervention: The Case of Darfur Joachim J. SavelsbergThe Effects of Seeking Justice on Behalf of the Victim: A Critical Analysis of Criminal Trials in the Kenyan Post-Election Violence Transitional Justice Process Valeria Vegh WeisConcluding Reflections: Towards the End of Impunity? The Scope and Impact of Human Rights TrialsRosario Figari Layús and Ulrike Capdepón

This edited volume is a welcome addition to the literature focusing on human rights, crimes against humanity, and accountability processes. Its contents engage with the purpose and impact of justice and the challenges for overcoming impunity.Susana Kaiser, Connections. A Journal for Historians and Area Specialists, January 2022