the new accountability agenda in latin america

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This chapter analyzes the key factors contributing to a rise in prosecutions of alleged perpetrators of human rights violations in Latin America, with emphasis on Argentina, Uruguay, Chile, and Peru. Full citation: “The New Accountability Agenda in Latin America: The Promise and Perils of Human Rights Prosecutions,” in Katherine Hite and Mark Ungar, eds., Human Rights: Challenges of the Past and Challenges for the Future (Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars Press, 2013), pp. 101-141.

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