Facing the past : Truth, accountability and victims' compensation in South Africa and the Czech Republic

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Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Facing the past : Truth, accountability and victims' compensation in South Africa and the Czech Republic

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

One of the priorities for countries emerging from oppressive authoritarian or totalitarian rule is dealing with the crimes committed under the former regime. In recent decades, efforts for doing so have come to be known as transitional justice. The choices countries make concerning the methods and mechanisms for addressing the past depend to a large extent on the specificities of the local context. It is, however, possible to identify a number of general goals of transitional justice processes - such astruth, justice, reconciliation, institutional reform or victim compensation. This chapter looks at how the Czech Republic and South Africa have dealt with the legacy of communism and apartheid respectively. It assesses the countries' efforts to come toterms with their past against three of the broad aims of transitional justice - truth-telling and truth-finding, accountability and punishment, and victims' compensation. By using such a framework, the specific historical, socio-political

Název v anglickém jazyce

Facing the past : Truth, accountability and victims' compensation in South Africa and the Czech Republic

Popis výsledku anglicky

One of the priorities for countries emerging from oppressive authoritarian or totalitarian rule is dealing with the crimes committed under the former regime. In recent decades, efforts for doing so have come to be known as transitional justice. The choices countries make concerning the methods and mechanisms for addressing the past depend to a large extent on the specificities of the local context. It is, however, possible to identify a number of general goals of transitional justice processes - such astruth, justice, reconciliation, institutional reform or victim compensation. This chapter looks at how the Czech Republic and South Africa have dealt with the legacy of communism and apartheid respectively. It assesses the countries' efforts to come toterms with their past against three of the broad aims of transitional justice - truth-telling and truth-finding, accountability and punishment, and victims' compensation. By using such a framework, the specific historical, socio-political

Druh

C - Kapitola v odborné knize

CEP obor

AD - Politologie a politické vědy

OECD FORD obor

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Projekt

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Návaznosti

N - Vyzkumna aktivita podporovana z neverejnych zdroju

Rok uplatnění

2014

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název knihy nebo sborníku

Global challenges and local reactions : Czech Republic and South Africa

ISBN

978-3-643-90591-8

Počet stran výsledku

24

Strana od-do

161-184

Počet stran knihy

243

Název nakladatele

LIT

Místo vydání

Berlin

Kód UT WoS kapitoly

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