Should There be an International Criminal Tribunal for the Prosecution of Crimes of State-Sponsored Violence in Latin America?

Steve Deaton, Florida State University

ABSTRACT
The incidence of serious crimes against the people in countries such as Argentina, Chile and Guatemala, by military junta leaders, has raised the question of how to bring these people to justice. In these countries it has become evident that in-country prosecutions have not been efficacious, especially given the concerns of the current military leaders. This paper will explore different ways to have international trials, such as those currently underway in the Hague by the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia and in Arusha, Tanzania by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda.

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