Unspeakable truths :
Hayner, Priscilla B.
Unspeakable truths : transitional justice and the challenge of truth commissions / Priscilla B. Hayner. - 2nd ed. - New York : Routledge, 2011. - xx, 356 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
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.
2010023488
Truth commissions.
Human rights.
Political atrocities.
Political persecution.
Amnesty.
Reconciliation.
JC580 / .H39 2011
323/.044
Unspeakable truths : transitional justice and the challenge of truth commissions / Priscilla B. Hayner. - 2nd ed. - New York : Routledge, 2011. - xx, 356 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
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.
2010023488
Truth commissions.
Human rights.
Political atrocities.
Political persecution.
Amnesty.
Reconciliation.
JC580 / .H39 2011
323/.044