Negotiating Peace: Amnesties, Justice and Human Rights

Renée Jeffery

doi:10.1017/9781108937184

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.

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Negotiating Peace
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Amnesties, Justice and Human Rights
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Introduction
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1 - Amnesties and Peace Agreements
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The Asia-Pacific in Global Comparative Perspective, 1980–2015
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2 - Amnesties and Human Rights in Asia
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3 - Timor-Leste and Indonesia
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Judicial Incapacity and the Politics of Reconciliation
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4 - Aceh, Indonesia
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Separatism, Peace and the Role of the International Community
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5 - Nepal
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From Tacit Acceptance to Noncompliance
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6 - The Philippines
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Managing a Culture of Impunity in the Bangsamoro Peace Process
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Conclusion
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Appendices
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Appendix 1 - Peace Agreements 1980–2015
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Appendix 2 - Conflict Type
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Appendix 3 - Conflict Intractability
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Appendix 4 - Regional and Economic Context
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Appendix 5 - Regime Type and Dynamics
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Appendix 6 - Peace Agreements with Amnesties
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Appendix 7 - Amnesty Provisions Excluding Human Rights Violations
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Bibliography
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Index
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Contents

Negotiating Peace
pp i-ii

Negotiating Peace - Title page
pp iii-iii

Copyright page
pp iv-iv

Contents
pp v-v

Figures
pp vi-vi

Tables
pp vii-vii

Acknowledgements
pp viii-x

Introduction
pp 1-34

1 - Amnesties and Peace Agreements
pp 35-71

2 - Amnesties and Human Rights in Asia
pp 72-99

3 - Timor-Leste and Indonesia
pp 100-124

4 - Aceh, Indonesia
pp 125-148

5 - Nepal
pp 149-173

6 - The Philippines
pp 174-196

Conclusion
pp 197-212

Appendices
pp 213-249

Appendix 1 - Peace Agreements 1980–2015
pp 213-222

Appendix 2 - Conflict Type
pp 223-227

Appendix 3 - Conflict Intractability
pp 228-232

Appendix 4 - Regional and Economic Context
pp 233-237

Appendix 5 - Regime Type and Dynamics
pp 238-244

Appendix 6 - Peace Agreements with Amnesties
pp 245-247

Appendix 7 - Amnesty Provisions Excluding Human Rights Violations
pp 248-249

Bibliography
pp 250-291

Index
pp 292-302

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