Responsibility and accountability for human rights abuse

Responsibility and accountability for human rights abuse
Автор
 
Год
 
Страниц
 
188
ISBN
 
9783639198768
Категория
 
Новые поступления

Описание:

The experience of South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission exposed important debates in theory and in the South African social context over the concepts of responsibility and accountability for human rights abuse. Its implicit approach was to emphasise collective responsibility, and to make a moral argument for individuals and collectives to accept responsibility and hold themselves accountable by contributing to future change. This approach raises important theoretical issues, which include: the relationship between individual responsibility, collective responsibility and the influence of “the system”; thenature of collective responsibility; the nature of morality; the distinction between moral and political responsibility; and how individuals and collectives can or should be held accountable. In a detailed analysis of the TRC, this work seeks to draw out how these theoretical debates were present within and impacted on the TRC’s work. It was impossible for the TRC to...

Похожие книги

Public ChoicePublic Choice
Автор: Iain McLean
Год: 1987
Comparative Employment RelationsComparative Employment Relations
Автор: Jack Eaton
Год: 2000