Transitional justice and economic actors: Latin America's protagonism

Abstract

In this chapter we demonstrate that corporate accountability has been part of transitional justice processes of memory, truth and justice. In the first section of the chapter we provide a brief comparative analysis of the accountability mechanisms implemented since the Nazi regime crimes. Then we analyze the evidence of Latin America?s leading role in this area of transitional justice. In the following section we introduce our Archimedes? Lever Approach explaining corporate accountability from below with particular emphasis on Latin America?s leadership. Then we apply our approach to explain the only judicial case with a verdict in Chile. We conclude the chapter highlighting the main aspects of this work and its implications for the fight for truth and justice in Latin America.(Para lxs evaluadorxs del CONICET: El texto de este trabajo no replica el contenido del texto del capitulo incorporado en la version en castellano de este libro. Este capitulo incorpora nuevos aspectos conceptuales, actualizizacion de datos, y el analysis de un nuevo caso de estudio)