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Truth commissions: a schematic overview

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 December 2006

Priscilla B. Hayner
Affiliation:
International Policymakers Unit, at the International Center for Transitional Justice in New York

Abstract

Numerous truth commissions of different types are being created around the world. The purpose of this schematic overview is to study the variety and to sketch out the differences and similarities between the different truth commissions established since the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of South Africa launched in 1995.

Type
Truth and Reconciliation Commissions
Copyright
2006 International Committee of the Red Cross

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