Breaking silence : the case that changed the face of human rights /
White, Richard Alan, 1944-
Breaking silence : the case that changed the face of human rights / Richard Alan White - Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, c2004. - xix, 300 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. - Advancing human rights series .
Includes index.
Foreword / Robert F. Drinan, S.J.
"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.
1589010329 9781589010321
Filartiga, Joel
Filártiga, Joelito, 1959-1976
Human rights--Paraguay
Political persecution--Paraguay
Torture--Paraguay
Paraguay Paraguay Menschenrechtsverletzung Geschichte 1976
JC 599 / W587b 2004
323/.044/09892
Breaking silence : the case that changed the face of human rights / Richard Alan White - Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, c2004. - xix, 300 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. - Advancing human rights series .
Includes index.
Foreword / Robert F. Drinan, S.J.
"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.
1589010329 9781589010321
Filartiga, Joel
Filártiga, Joelito, 1959-1976
Human rights--Paraguay
Political persecution--Paraguay
Torture--Paraguay
Paraguay Paraguay Menschenrechtsverletzung Geschichte 1976
JC 599 / W587b 2004
323/.044/09892