Unspeakable truths transitional justice and the challenge of truth commissions

Hayner, Priscilla B.

Unspeakable truths transitional justice and the challenge of truth commissions - 2nd ed - New York Routledge 2011 - xx,356 p.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Confronting past crimes : transitional justice and the phenomenon of truth commissions -- Why a truth commission? -- The five strongest truth commissions -- Other illustrative truth commissions -- What is the truth? -- The truth about women and men -- Truth and justice : a careful but critical relationship -- Truth commissions and the International Criminal Court -- Naming names of perpetrators -- Healing from the past -- Truth and reparations -- Reconciliation and reforms -- Leaving the past alone -- When, how, and who : basic questions of methodology and operations -- Reflections : looking forward.

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Truth commissions.
Human rights.
Political atrocities.
Political persecution.
Amnesty.
Reconciliation.

JC580 / .H39 2011

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