The Independence of Judges and Post-Transitional Justice

Abstract

Since the start of the new millennium, Argentina and Chile have led the way as Latin American protagonists of post-transitional justice. Uruguay has followed suit, albeit slowly and on a much smaller scale than its neighbors. These three Southern Cone countries, along with Bolivia, Brazil, and Paraguay, have joined forces to hunt down retired military officials suspected of having committed gross human rights violations under Operación Cóndor. Where there previously was a network of repression, there is now a network of courts and governments cooperating to clean up the murky past.