Unspeakable truths : transitional justice and the challenge of truth commissions / Priscilla B. Hayner.
By: Hayner, Priscilla B
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TextPublisher: New York : Routledge, 2011Edition: 2nd ed.Description: xx, 356 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.ISBN: 9780415872027 (hardback : alk. paper); 0415872022 (hardback : alk. paper); 9780415806350 (pbk. : alk. paper); 0415806356 (pbk. : alk. paper); 9780203867822 (ebook); 0203867823 (ebook).Subject(s): Truth commissions | Human rights | Political atrocities | Political persecution | Amnesty | ReconciliationDDC classification: 323.044 | Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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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.