Unspeakable Truths Facing the Challenges of Truth Commissions

Name: Unspeakable Truths Facing the Challenges of Truth Commissions
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ISBN: 9780415924788

ISBN-10: 0415924782

ISBN-13: 9780415924788

Edition: 2001

Authors: Priscilla B. Hayner

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This volume is an exploration of truth commissions around the world, and the anguish, injustice, and the legacy of hate they are meant to absolve. Case studies include South Africa, El Salvador, Argentina, Chile, and Guatemala.

Book details

List price: $53.95
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 5/31/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 368
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.078
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Preface




Introduction



Confronting Past Crimes



Why a Truth Commission?



Five Illustrative Truth Commissions



Sixteen Less-Prominent Commissions



What is the Truth?



Truth Versus Justice: Is it a Trade-Off?



Naming the Guilty



Healing from the Past



An Eye to the Future: Reconciliation and Reforms



Reparations for State Crimes



Leaving the Past Alone



Truth Commissions and the International Criminal Court: Conflict or Complement?



Inside the Commission: Problems and Practicalities



Challenges and Assistance from the Outside


Epilogue: Looking Forward


Afterword: An Expanding Universe of Official Truth-Seeking


Notes


Frequently Cited Sources


Appendix 1



Twenty-one Truth Commisions



"Historical" Truth Commissions



Alternative Forms of Official or Semi-Official Inquiry into the Past



What Rights Violations do Truth Commissions Cover?



Past Truth Commission Recommendations



Reparations from Truth Commissions: A Comparision of Chilean and Argentine Benefits for Victims



A Comparision of Resources and Responsibilities



What Works Best?



Interviews by the Author


Index