IAFS 1000 Human Rights: The Pinochet Prosecutions (cont)

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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

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

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

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

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”

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”

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

Other “Enforcers” Red Cross Amnesty International

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

Tiananmen Square April-June 1989 student protests in China June 4: People’s Liberation Army clears square Fighting leaves hundreds, possibly thousands, dead

A Protester Faces Down Tanks after Tiananmen Square

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

Conclusions HR standards difficult to enforce Pinochet precedent unclear

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