Past and Future: Transitional Justice versus Traditional Criminal Justice? Ways of Dealing with Past Conflicts and Past Autocracies

Prof. Dr. Jörg Eisele

doi:10.5771/9783748909187

Summary

The question of whether there can be a model for coming to terms with the conflictual and authoritarian past that is universally applicable was the starting point for the annual international symposium of the Elisabeth Kaesemann Foundation, which took place in October 2019 at the University of Buenos Aires. Specific national forms of violence, cultural legal traditions and the historical and current position of the state and civil society determine the processes of coming to terms with the past. Argentinean, German and Colombian experts from academia and practice analyse and evaluate Argentinean criminal proceedings and their history, the process of coming to terms with the Nazi past in Germany, the peace process in Colombia, truth commissions and leniency programmes. The volume is written in English. With contributions by Dr. Gabriel Pérez Barberá, Dr. Natalia Barbero, Dr. Mariano Borinsky, Prof. Dr. Jörg Eisele, Prof. Dr. Hartmut Hamann, Prof. Dr. Bernd Heinrich, Prof. Dr. Jörg Eisele, Prof. Dr. Hartmut Hamann, Prof. Dr. Bernd Heinrich, Prof. Dr. Mariano Borinsky, Prof. Dr. Gabriel Pérez Barberá and Prof. Dr. Natalia Barbero. Dr Cornelius Nestler, Fabián Martínez (LLM), Dr Mónica Pinto, Dr Daniel Rafecas, Dr Alejandro Ramelli Artega, Jens Rommel, Dr Valeria Thus, Alberto Yepes.

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Edition: 1/2020
Copyright Year: 2020
ISBN-Print: 978-3-8487-6818-9
ISBN-Online: 978-3-7489-0918-7
Publisher: Nomos, Baden-Baden
Series: Beiträge zum Strafrecht - Contributions to Criminal Law
Volume: 7
Language: English
Pages: 216
Product Type: Edited Book

Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis No access Pages 1 - 4
3rd Elisabeth Käsemann Symposium, Buenos Aires 2019 Past andFuture No access Pages 5 - 8
International Dialogue as a tool for truth and accountability: shared experiences in the third Elisabeth Käsemann Symposium No access Pages 9 - 12
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  1. I. Introduction No access
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  2. II. The Criminal Code Reform Commission No access
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  3. III. The newest Reform of the Criminal Code No access
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  4. IV. Conclusion No access
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    1. 1. Legal basis in the criminal code No access
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    2. 2. Mass murders No access
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    4. 4. Individual responsibility No access
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    5. 5. The plea of “superior orders” No access
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    7. 7. Statutory limitations No access
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    1. 1. Problems with the traditional decentralized approach No access
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    2. 2. Creation of the Central Office No access
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    1. 1. Confessions No access
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  5. V. Mixed results No access
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  1. I. Who were the principal perpetrators, who were (only) the accessories? No access
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  2. II. What has to be proven – certain acts or just the function in the system? No access
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    1. 1. The accused is charged with the following: No access
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    2. 2. Killing by causing and maintaining conditions hostile to life No access
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  4. IV. Participation of victims in trials against former SS-personal No access
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  2. II. The Facts No access
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    1. 1. The role of the human rights movement. No access
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    2. 2. Process of ‘Memory, Truth and Justice’ or why do we punish? No access
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  3. III. The contributions of the trials forty years later No access
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  4. IV. The dispute over the meaning of the past No access
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  5. V. Conclusion: In defence of anamnestic and messianic justice No access
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    1. 1. Incentive for Cooperative Perpetrators No access
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    2. 2. Temptations and Danger of Misuse No access
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    1. 1. Voluntary Disclosure No access
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    2. 2. Relationship between the offence committed and the offence to be discovered No access
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      1. a) Successful Discovery No access
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    1. 1. The right to truth No access
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    2. 2. The right to justice No access
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  2. II. Alternative or complementary measures to criminal justice No access
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    1. 1. Background No access
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    2. 2. Criminal Trial in Argentina in 1984 No access
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    3. 3. Peace at jeopardy: Termination of criminal action, due obedience and pardon as a response No access
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  4. IV. Is leniency accepted in the case of widespread and systematic human rights violations? No access
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  1. I. Historical precursors No access
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  2. II. Historic developments in the seventies – “small” leniency program in the German narcotics law No access
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  3. III. Historical Developments in the eighties – the „large“ leniency program in the Article Law No access
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    1. 1. Justification for the Article Law No access
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      1. a) Violation of the principle of legality No access
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      5. e) Counterproductive effects No access
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      6. f) Further difficulties in practice No access
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  5. V. Practical experience with the leniency program of the Article Law No access
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    1. 1. Main characteristics and context No access
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      1. a) Narcotics control Act of 1986 No access
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      2. b) Guilty pleas No access
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    1. 1. Special Jurisdiction for Peace No access
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    1. 1. Justice for victims is a central issue to the peace process No access
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    2. 2. Colombia’s Special Jurisdiction for Peace does not violate international standards. No access
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  2. II. Definition of Justice and Truth No access
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  5. V. Benefits of criminal proceedings No access
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  4. IV. The Commissions of Truth and the right to the truth No access
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  5. V. Criminal judgements and the right to investigate, judge and punish No access
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