Escaping Justice by Cyanne E. Loyle - 9781009584968

Name: Escaping Justice by Cyanne E. Loyle - 9781009584968
Brand: Cambridge University Press

Cambridge University Press

Escaping JusticeImpunity for State Crimes in the Age of Accountability\nAuthor(s): Cyanne E. Loyle\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781009584968, 978-1009584968\nSynopsis\nNow 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.