... and Argentina under Pinochet's rule, but was broadened to include all the crimes of the regime. Pinochet's case revolutionized international law in began many questions which tested the enforceability, precision, interpretation, and legitimacy of the international legal system. According to International Human Rights and Authoritarian Rule in Chile by Darren G. Hawkins, "The detention of Pinochet is the tale of a transnational human ... . In the 1984 International Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment tightened the machinery of enforceme...

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