Beyond Transitional Justice: Exploring continuities in human rights abuses in Argentina between 1976 and 2010

Journal of Human Rights Practice

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 25-48

  Lessa, Francesca ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Argentina; Human rights; Impunity; Insecurity; Police brutality; Transitional justice

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952952483     PISSN: 17579619     EISSN: 17579627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jhuman/hur003     Document Type: Review

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