Escaping justice : impunity for state crimes in the age of accountability / Cyanne E. Loyle.
| Author/creator | Loyle, Cyanne E. author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2025. |
| Description | xviii, 218 pages ; 24 cm |
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| Abstract | Now more than ever the international community plays a central role in pressing governments to hold their own to account. Despite pressure to adhere to global human rights norms, governments continue to benefit from impunity for their past crimes. In an age of accountability, how do states continue to escape justice? This book presents a theory of strategic adaptation which explains the conditions under which governments adopt transitional justice without a genuine commitment to holding state forces to account. Cyanne E. Loyle develops this theory through in-depth fieldwork from Rwanda, Uganda, and Northern Ireland conducted over the last ten years. Research in each of these cases reveals a unique strategy of adaption: coercion, containment, and concession. Using evidence from these cases, Loyle traces the conditions under which a government pursues its chosen strategies and the resulting transitional justice outcomes. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core. |
| General note | Open access version available. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Issued in other form | ebook version : 9781009585019 |
| ISBN | 9781009584968 |
| ISBN | 9781009584982 hardback |
| ISBN | 1009584987 |
| ISBN | 1009584960 |
| ISBN | ebook |
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