Reckoning with past wrongs: a normative framework
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A normative framework for responding to past human rights violations is discussed in terms of transitional justice. Goals include truth, providing victims a public platform, accountability and punishment, the rule of law, victim compensation, institutional reform and long-term development, reconciliation, and public deliberation.
Publication Name: Ethics & International Affairs
Subject: Political science
ISSN: 0892-6794
Year: 1999
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Human rights and Asia's fear of disorder
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Human rights issues are not a threat to non-Western cultures. Human rights and democracy provide the security that all nations need to empower their citizens to reach their full potential.
Publication Name: New Perspectives Quarterly
Subject: Political science
ISSN: 0893-7850
Year: 1995
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