Neither truth nor justice: Mexico's de facto amnesty

Latin American Perspectives

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 56-68

  Aguayo Quezada, Sergio ^a   Treviño Rangel, Javier ^b   Pallais, Maria ^b  

^a EL COLEGIO DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Amnesty; Human rights; Impunity; State crimes; Truth and justice; Truth commissions

Indexed keywords

DEMOCRACY; HUMAN RIGHTS; SOCIAL JUSTICE;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 33646182449     PISSN: 0094582X     EISSN: 1552678X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0094582X05286085     Document Type: Article

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