Prosecutorial Accountability and Victims'' Rights in Latin America

The first analysis of how victims of crime and human rights abuses access justice in Latin America through private prosecution.

List of contents

Introduction: private prosecution, access to justice, and rule of law; 1. Private prosecution as an accountability tool; 2. Private prosecution as a victim's right in Latin America; 3. David and Goliath: private prosecution in Guatemala; 4. Against oblivion: private prosecution in Chile; 5. Discovering the power of rights: private prosecution in Mexico; Conclusions: prosecutorial accountability and rule of law from below.

About the author

Verónica Michel is Assistant Professor of Political Science at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York. Her article 'Human Rights Prosecutions and the Participation Rights of Victims in Latin America' (co-authored with Kathryn Sikkink, Law and Society Review) received the 2014 Best Journal Article Award from the Law and Courts Section of the American Political Science Association.

Summary

In some Latin American countries, private prosecution improves access to justice for victims of crime as well as human rights violations. By examining how citizens use this right to push states to hold perpetrators accountable, Verónica Michel highlights how the rule of law is shored up by individual legal struggles.

Product details

• Authors: Ver¿nica Michel, Vernica Michel, Veronica Michel, Verónica Michel, Veronica (John Jay College of Criminal Jus Michel, Veronica (John Jay College of Criminal Justice Michel
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.01.2018
• EAN: 9781108422048
• ISBN: 978-1-108-42204-8
• No. of pages: 242
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, Human rights, civil rights, Criminal procedure, Criminal justice law, Public international law: human rights, International human rights law, Legal system: general, Legal systems: general