TY  - BOOK
AU  - White,Richard Alan
TI  - Breaking silence: the case that changed the face of human rights 
T2  - Advancing human rights series
SN  - 1589010329
AV  - JC 599 W587b 2004
U1  - 323/.044/09892 
PY  - 2004///
CY  - Washington, D.C.
PB  - Georgetown University Press
KW  - Filartiga, Joel
KW  - Filártiga, Joelito,
KW  - Human rights
KW  - Paraguay
KW  - Political persecution
KW  - Torture
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - 1954-1989
KW  - Menschenrechtsverletzung
KW  - Geschichte 1976
N1  - Includes index; Foreword; Robert F. Drinan, S.J
N2  - "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
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0415/2004004292.html
ER  -