Human Rights and Democratization in Latin America : Uruguay and Chile

Human Rights and Democratization in Latin America analyses the attempts by Chile and Uruguay to resolve the human rights violations conflicts inherited from military dictatorships. Alexandra de Brito sheds light on the political conditions which permitted - or prevented - the policies of truth-telling and justice under these successor regimes. The author is the first to make comparative assessment of human rights abuse in Uruguay and Chile in this way and contends that the experiences of these countries offer formative examples of attempts to tackle fundamental aspects of the policies of transition and democratization. She makes an original contribution to our understanding of the key political, legal, and moral issues involved.