Uruguay: reconstructing peace and democracy through transitional justice
This chapter traces 30 years of transitional justice development following civil-military rule (1973–85) in Uruguay. The 1985 amnesty law helped end state-sponsored violence, but it precluded prosecution of human rights violations committed during the dictatorship. The reversal of the amnesty law and the implementation of truth commissions, criminal prosecutions, and reparations have strengthened the rule of law and judicial independence in human rights cases. Yet there have been legal and political setbacks in dealing with past human rights violations in recent years, and some violations continue, showing that Uruguay has yet to fully achieve positive peace.
After Violence: Transitional Justice, Peace, and Democracy
- Rights and Legal Institutions
- Uruguay
- Transitional justice
- Democracy
- Peace
- Human rights violations
- Accountability
- Conflict
- Post-authoritarian
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After Violence: Transitional Justice, Peace, and Democracy
Skaar, Elin, Camila Gianella, and Trine Eide
Also in this volume:
- Transitional justice alternatives: claims and counterclaims
Skaar, Elin and Camila Gianella Malca - Towards a framework for impact assessment
Skaar, Elin, Camila Gianella Malca, and Trine Eide - Peru: changing contexts for transitional justice
Gianella, Camila - Rwanda: some peace, no democracy, and the complex role of transitional justice
Eide, Trine, Astri Suhrke - Angola: negative peace and autocracy in the shadow of impunity
Malca, Camila Gianella and Elin Skaar - Conclusions
Skaar, Elin, Camila Gianella, and Trine Eide
