Download or read book The Pinochet Case written by Madeleine Davis and published by University of London Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Senator Augusto Pinochet was arrested in 1998 in London on the orders of a Spanish judge seeking his extradition for human rights crimes. Here, political scientists and lawyers analyse the political and historical context of the case and its progress through the courts in the UK and Chile.
Download or read book The Pinochet Effect written by Naomi Roht-Arriaza and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2010-11-24 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 1998 arrest of General Augusto Pinochet in London and subsequent extradition proceedings sent an electrifying wave through the international community. This legal precedent for bringing a former head of state to trial outside his home country signaled that neither the immunity of a former head of state nor legal amnesties at home could shield participants in the crimes of military governments. It also allowed victims of torture and crimes against humanity to hope that their tormentors might be brought to justice. In this meticulously researched volume, Naomi Roht-Arriaza examines the implications of the litigation against members of the Chilean and Argentine military governments and traces their effects through similar cases in Latin American and Europe. Roht-Arriaza discusses the difficulties in bringing violators of human rights to justice at home, and considers the role of transitional justice in transnational prosecutions and investigations in the national courts of countries other than those where the crimes took place. She traces the roots of the landmark Pinochet case and follows its development and those of related cases, through Spain, the United Kingdom, elsewhere in Europe, and then through Chile, Argentina, Mexico, and the United States. She situates these transnational cases within the context of an emergent International Criminal Court, as well as the effectiveness of international law and of the lawyers, judges, and activists working together across continents to make a new legal paradigm a reality. Interviews and observations help to contextualize and dramatize these compelling cases. These cases have tremendous ramifications for the prospect of universal jurisdiction and will continue to resonate for years to come. Roht-Arriaza's deft navigation of these complicated legal proceedings elucidates the paradigm shift underlying this prosecution as well as the traction gained by advocacy networks promoting universal jurisdiction in recent decades.
Download or read book The Pinochet Papers written by Michael Ratner and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2021-08-04 with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The arrest of General Augusto Pinochet in October 1998 was a wake-up call to tyrants everywhere. The two subsequent rulings by the British House of Lords rejecting his claim of immunity forged legal history. This book traces the legal proceedings in the Pinochet case from the investigation in Spain, through the October 1999 ruling by a London Magistrate that Pinochet could be extradited to Spain, to the final decision to release Pinochet for health reasons. By including the full text of the British judicial decisions as well as the arrest warrants, translations of the key Spanish court rulings, excerpts from the legal arguments put forward by all sides, and commentaries by participants in the case and legal scholars, this volume gives the reader an understanding of the factual, political, and legal context of this historic prosecution.
Download or read book The Pinochet Case written by Diana Woodhouse and published by Hart Publishing. This book was released on 2000-02-16 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents seven essays written by English legal and political scholars and researchers addressing the legal and constitutional issues surrounding the Pinochet extradition case in Britain. The introduction provides a calendar of events and considers the interaction between the courts and the Home Secretary in the extradition process. Contributions to the next two sections critically assess the House of Lords and the issues of bias, justice, and international law in light of the Pinochet case. Distributed by ISBS. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Download or read book United Kingdom the Pinochet Case Universal Jurisdiction and the Absence of Immunity for Crimes Against Humanity written by and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Pinochet Case the Sequel written by Kam Wah Teng and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book When Tyrants Tremble written by Sebastian Brett and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Pinochet Case written by and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 10 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The International Pinochet Case and Transitional Justice in Chile written by Marny Anderson Requa and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book The Pinochet File written by Peter Kornbluh and published by The New Press. This book was released on 2016-04-12 with total page 485 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Revised and updated: the definitive primary-source history of US involvement in General Pinochet’s Chilean coup—“the evidence is overwhelming” (The New Yorker). Published to commemorate the fortieth anniversary of General Augusto Pinochet’s infamous September 11, 1973, military coup in Chile, this updated edition of The Pinochet File reveals the shocking, formerly secret record of the US government’s complicity with atrocity in a foreign country. The book now completes the file on Pinochet’s story, detailing his multiple indictments between 2004 and his death on December 10, 2006, including the Riggs Bank scandal that revealed how the dictator had illegally squirreled away over $26 million in ill-begotten wealth in secret American bank accounts. When it was first released in hardcover, The Pinochet File contributed to the international campaign to hold Pinochet accountable for murder, torture, and terrorism. A new afterword tells the extraordinary story of Henry Kissinger’s attempt to undercut the book’s reception—efforts that generated a major scandal that led to a high-level resignation at the Council on Foreign Relations, illustrating the continued ability of the book to speak truth to power. “The Pinochet File should be considered the long awaited book of record on U.S. intervention in Chile . . . A crisp compelling narrative, almost a political thriller.” —Los Angeles Times
Download or read book After the Pinochet case What is the current state of international law concerning heads of state in domestic courts for the international crime of torture written by Otto Möller and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2019-03-15 with total page 23 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essay from the year 2016 in the subject Law - Miscellaneous, grade: 1,7, University of Kentucky (Institute for International Studies), course: International Diplomatic Law, language: English, abstract: The following law essay is concerned with the question of what is the current state of international law concerning heads of state in domestic courts for the international crime of torture? It will shed light on the question by discussing the Pinochet case which was in itself groundbreaking for international diplomatic law. This is because it limited the extended of the previously unchallenged functional immunity, diplomatic immunity regarding acts of torture. Furthermore, several other cases will be discussed to see the various interpretation of the current law by courts.
Download or read book The Pinochet Case and Post transitional Chile written by Lauren Hahn and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This thesis will survey the human rights abuses committed during the Pinochet regime (1973-1989), subsequent legal proceedings of Pinochet in the Chilean courts, and the reconciliation and accountability proceedings that occurred in post-transition Chile. The aim of this thesis is to provide an overview of the Pinochet case and subsequent accountability processes, followed by a critique and analysis of the Chilean response to crimes against humanity. I will begin by providing background information regarding the 1973 coup, and continue with an overview of the human rights abuses that followed. I will then briefly discuss the legal proceedings of the Pinochet case in London, followed by a detailed analysis of the proceedings that occurred in Chile under Judge Juan Guzman from the time of Pinochet's return in March 2000 until his death in December 2006. An overview of the reconciliation and accountability proceedings in post-transition Chile will follow, during which I will highlight other cases that were, and currently are, being pursued against regime officials that committed crimes against humanity. Lastly, I will provide recommendations from the international community, the Chilean people, and myself regarding the future of accountability efforts in Chile. These recommendations take into account the historical and socio-political background of the post-transitional period in Chile, and are intended to facilitate Chile's inclusion as an active participant in the global human rights movement.
Download or read book The Law and Politics of the Pinochet Case written by Michael Byers and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Pinochet written by Hugh O'Shaughnessy and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2000-03 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Near midnight on October 16, 1998, officers of Scotland Yard entered the London hospital room of former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet and arrested him on charges of torturing and murdering Spanish citizens. The arrest sent shockwaves around the world, delighting his detractors and the families of his regime's victims, and dismaying his supporters, including Margaret Thatcher. It marked the first time a former head of state had been detained outside his own country on charges of crimes against humanity, and thus signaled a clear warning to former dictators and heads of abusive regimes. Through interviews, eyewitness accounts, and new sources, veteran journalist Hugh O'Shaughnessy here sifts through the General's personal life, rise to power, and arrest and internment. In clear, unforgiving prose, Pinochet: The Politics of Torture tells the riveting story of legal intrigue behind the search for justice.
Download or read book UN Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel Inhuman Or Degrading Treatment Or Punishment written by and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
