Negotiating Peace: Amnesties, Justice And Human Rights

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In the past two decades, peace negotiators around the world have increasingly accepted that granting amnesties for human rights violations is no longer an acceptable bargaining tool or incentive, even when the signing of a peace agreement is at stake. While many states that previously saw sweeping amnesties as integral to their peace processes now avoid amnesties for human rights violations, this anti-amnesty turn has been conspicuously absent in Asia. In Negotiating Peace: Amnesties, Justice and Human Rights Renée Jeffery examines why peace negotiators in Asia have resisted global anti-impunity measures more fervently and successfully than their counterparts around the world. Drawing on a new global dataset of 146 peace agreements (1980–2015) and with in-depth analysis of four key cases - Timor-Leste, Aceh Indonesia, Nepal and the Philippines - Jeffery uncovers the legal, political, economic and cultural reasons for the persistent popularity of amnesties in Asian peace processes. Cover Half Title Title Copyright Contents Figures Tables Acknowledgements Introduction 1 | Amnesties and Peace Agreements 2 | Amnesties and Human Rights in Asia 3 | Timor-Leste and Indonesia 4 | Aceh, Indonesia 5 | Nepal 6 | The Philippines Conclusion Appendices Appendix 1 | Peace Agreements 1980–2015 Appendix 2 | Conflict Type Appendix 3 | Conflict Intractability Appendix 4 | Regional and Economic Context Appendix 5 | Regime Type and Dynamics Appendix 6 | Peace Agreements with Amnesties Appendix 7 | Amnesty Provisions Excluding Human Rights Violations Bibliography Index