Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : injustice, memory and faith in human rights / Kalliopi Chainoglou, Barry Collins, Michael Phillips and John Strawson -- Ghosts of war crimes past : an account from the frontline in Bangladesh / Wayne Morrison -- Modern Islamic memory and the ISIS 'caliphate' / John Strawson -- Peace and reconciliation in Northern Ireland : the case of Irish nationalism / Cillian McGrattan -- Selecting the memory, controlling the myth : the propaganda of legal foundations in early modern drama / Eric Heinze -- Sin carries the penance : the Spanish civil war's conflicts of guilt and justice / Ignacio Fern�andez de Mata -- Beginning anew : exceptional institutions and the politics of ritual / Paul Muldoon -- Promoting reconciliation and protecting human rights : an underexplored relationship / Nasia Hadjigeorgiou -- Human rights as acts of faith : universal jurisdiction and the law of historical memory in Spain / Barry Collins -- The right to historical truth and historical memory versus historical revisionism and denialism : a human rights analysis / Kalliopi Chainoglou -- Misplaced faith? implementing Spain's 2007 reparation law / Georgina Blakeley -- Faith, justice and Catholic public memory : the politics of reconciliation in Australia and New Zealand / Dominic O'Sullivan -- A pastoral care for reconciliation? Spanish Catholic bishops and historical memory during the Zapatero era (2004-2011) / Mireno Berrettini -- The Australian Christian churches and the aboriginal reconciliation process : public religion and its limitations / Michael Phillips -- Conclusion : Varosha, a memorial to conflict / Mertkan Hamit and John Strawson.

"This multi-disciplinary collection interrogates the role of human rights in addressing past injustices. The volume draws on legal scholars, political scientists, anthropologists and political philosophers grappling with the weight of the memory of historical injustices arising from conflicts in Europe, the Middle East and Australasia. It examines the role of human rights as legal doctrine, rhetoric and policy as developed by states, international organizations, regional groups and non-governmental bodies. The authors question whether faith in human rights is justified as balm to heal past injustice or whether such faith nourishes both victimhood and self-justification. These issues are explored through three discrete sections: moments of memory and injustice, addressing injustice; and questions of faith. In each of these sections, authors address the manner in which memory of past conflicts and injustice haunt our contemporary understanding of human rights. The volume questions whether the expectation that human rights law can deal with past injustice has undermined the development of an emancipatory politics of human rights for our current world."--Provided by publisher.