The first analysis of how victims of crime and human rights abuses access justice in Latin America through private prosecution.

The responsibility of any state is to protect its citizens. But if a state, either through omission or commission, fails to investigate and prosecute crime then

This book addresses current developments in transitional justice in Latin America – effectively the first region to undergo concentrated transitional justice

This book studies how victims of human rights violations in Latin America, their families, and their advocates work to overcome entrenched impunity and seek leg