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IAFS 1000 Human Rights: The Pinochet Prosecutions ( cont )

IAFS 1000 Human Rights: The Pinochet Prosecutions ( cont ). Dinner at Prof. Chester ’ s. Save the date : Friday, Nov 30, 6pm. Outline. Case study: Pinochet regime (Chile) What can we do about HR violations? Debates. HR Violations: The Case of Chile.

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IAFS 1000 Human Rights: The Pinochet Prosecutions ( cont )

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  1. IAFS 1000 Human Rights: The Pinochet Prosecutions (cont)

  2. Dinner at Prof. Chester’s • Save the date: Friday, Nov 30, 6pm

  3. Outline • Case study: Pinochet regime (Chile) • What can we do about HR violations? • Debates

  4. HR Violations: The Case of Chile http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/americas/south_america_pol98.jpg

  5. Pinochet Prosecution • 1996: Spanish charges: genocide, terrorism, torture, murder, etc • Oct 1998: Pinochet to UK • Oct 16, 1998: Pinochet arrested at Spanish request

  6. Pinochet Prosecution • Insult to Chilean sovereignty or long-awaited justice? • Dec 1998: Pinochet indicted in Spain

  7. Pinochet Prosecution • Sept 1999: Br extradition hearing • Mar 3, 2000: UK govt decision to release Pinochet on grounds of poor health

  8. Recent Developments in Chile • 2001: Chilean court strips Pinochet of immunity for HR abuses • Jan 2006: Election of Pres. Bachelet, former torture victim • Nov 2006: Pinochet accepts “political responsibility” http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/spanish/latin_america/newsid_5010000/5010944.stm

  9. Enforcement: US Policy • Annual HR report from State Dept • Office of Human Rights in State Dept • Sanctions possible for states that show “consistent pattern of gross violations of internationally recognized human rights”

  10. Enforcement: US Policy • Vanik-Jackson Amendment ◦ linked trade policy to HR ◦ orig. aimed at USSR ◦ later debate over China’s Most Favored Nation (MFN) trading status

  11. Other “Enforcers” • Red Cross • Amnesty International

  12. Controversies • Tension between norm of sovereignty and norm of human rights • Universalist views of human rights vs cultural relativism

  13. Tiananmen Square • April-June 1989 student protests in China • June 4: People’s Liberation Army clears square • Fighting leaves hundreds, possibly thousands, dead http://en2.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiananmen_Square_protests_of_1989

  14. A Protester Faces Down Tanks after Tiananmen Square http://en2.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiananmen_Square_protests_of_1989

  15. Tiananmen Square • Protest in the West • Chinese government response: Western values should not be imposed on China • Controversy fades, trumped by trade

  16. Conclusions • HR standards difficult to enforce • Pinochet precedent unclear

  17. Happy Thanksgiving!

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