Enforcing Human Rights Laws, The Healing of Society, and The Challenges Faced by National Courts: The Case of Argentina’s Dirty War and Finding the Children of the Disappeared.

• In Event: Trials and Human Rights

Brief Overview

We are witnessing the strengthened capacity of the individual as a holder of rights in international law. The State is bound to an obligation to protect its citizens from harm and to prosecute those who violate a person’s right to life and security.

Author

• Gabriela Tarazona-Sevillano, University of North Carolina at Charlotte