Breaking silence : the case that changed the face of human rights / Richard Alan White

By:

White, Richard Alan, 1944-

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Advancing human rights seriesPublication details: Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, c2004.Description: xix, 300 p. : ill. ; 26 cmISBN:

1589010329
9781589010321

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DDC classification:

323/.044/09892

LOC classification:

JC 599 W587b 2004

Online resources:

Table of contents

Contents:

Foreword / Robert F. Drinan, S.J.

Review: "Breaking Silence is a story documenting not only the most celebrated case in the international human rights field but also the human story behind it that gives it life. Young, seventeen-year-old Joelito Filartiga was taken from his family home in Asuncion, Paraguay, and brutally tortured and murdered by the Paraguayan police. Breaking Silence is the inside story of the quest for justice by his father - the true target of the police - Paraguayan artist and philanthropist Dr. Joel Filartiga. That cruel death and the subsequent uncompromising struggle by Joelito's father and family led to an unprececented sea change in international law and human rights."--Jacket.

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Item type	Current library	Home library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Vol info	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Libro	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Ciencias Sociales	Ciencias Sociales (3er. Piso)	JC 599 W587b 2004 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	1	Available		00000071884

Includes index.

"Breaking Silence is a story documenting not only the most celebrated case in the international human rights field but also the human story behind it that gives it life. Young, seventeen-year-old Joelito Filartiga was taken from his family home in Asuncion, Paraguay, and brutally tortured and murdered by the Paraguayan police. Breaking Silence is the inside story of the quest for justice by his father - the true target of the police - Paraguayan artist and philanthropist Dr. Joel Filartiga. That cruel death and the subsequent uncompromising struggle by Joelito's father and family led to an unprececented sea change in international law and human rights."--Jacket.

Foreword / Robert F. Drinan, S.J.

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