Breaking Silence - The Case That Changed the Face of Human Rights

Klappentext Young seventeen-year-old Joelito Filartiga was taken from his family home in Asuncion, Paraguay, brutally tortured, and murdered by the Paraguayan police. This title tells the inside story of the quest for justice by his father - the true target of the police - Paraguayan artist and philanthropist Dr Joel Filartiga. Zusammenfassung Young seventeen-year-old Joelito Filartiga was taken from his family home in Asuncion! Paraguay! brutally tortured! and murdered by the Paraguayan police. This title tells the inside story of the quest for justice by his father - the true target of the police - Paraguayan artist and philanthropist Dr Joel Filartiga.

Product details

• Authors: Richard Alan White, Richard Alan (NA) White
• Publisher: Georgetown University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.06.2008
• EAN: 9781589012240
• ISBN: 978-1-58901-224-0
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 178 mm x 248 mm x 19 mm
• Series: Advancing Human Rights (Paperb; Advancing Human Rights series
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education