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Truth commissions and transitional societies : the impact on human rights and democracy / Eric Wiebelhaus-Brahm.

By: Material type: TextTextLondon ; New York : Routledge, 2010Description: xv, 223 pages ; 25 cmContent type:
  • rdacontent
Media type:
  • rdamedia
Carrier type:
  • rdacarrier
ISBN:
  • 9780415553223 (pbk.)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • JC 580 W54 2010
Contents:
Part I. Truth-seeking as an article of faith 1. An inconvenient truth 2. Uncovering the truth : theorizing truth commission expectations Part II. Experiments in truth 3. South Africa's paradigmatic Truth and Reconciliation Commission 4. Chile's persistent past 5. Truth and peacebuilding in El Salvador 6. Historical oblivion in Uganda Part III. Truth commissions in cross-national context 7. Truth commissions, human rights, and democracy around the world Part IV. The promise and pitfalls of truth commission 8. The consequences of truth
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Books Books Commission on Human Rights Library Human Rights Corrected JC 580 W54 2010 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Checked out 03/12/2024 CHRPL003227

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I. Truth-seeking as an article of faith 1. An inconvenient truth 2. Uncovering the truth : theorizing truth commission expectations Part II. Experiments in truth 3. South Africa's paradigmatic Truth and Reconciliation Commission 4. Chile's persistent past 5. Truth and peacebuilding in El Salvador 6. Historical oblivion in Uganda Part III. Truth commissions in cross-national context 7. Truth commissions, human rights, and democracy around the world Part IV. The promise and pitfalls of truth commission 8. The consequences of truth

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