Kathryn Sikkink examines the important and controversial new trend of holding political leaders criminally accountable for human rights violations. She shows how, in three decades, state leaders in Latin America, Europe and Africa have lost their immunity from accountability, becoming the subjects o[...]
Esteemed international relations scholar Kathryn Sikkink offers a landmark argument for human rights prosecutions as a powerful political tool. She shows how, in just three decades, state leaders in Latin America, Europe, and Africa have lost their immunity from any accountability for their human ri[...]