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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/43919718 Title: Unspeakable truths : facing the challenge of truth commissions Author: Priscilla B Hayner Publisher: New York : Routledge, 2002. ISBN/ISSN: 0415924774 9780415924771 0415924782 9780415924788 OCLC:43919718

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Unspeakable truths : facing the challenge of truth commissions

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Unspeakable truths : facing the challenge of truth commissions

Author:	Priscilla B Hayner
Publisher:	New York : Routledge, 2002.
Edition/Format:	Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
Summary:	This book is a profound 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 Read more...
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Material Type:	Internet resource
Document Type:	Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors:	Priscilla B Hayner Find more information about:
ISBN:	0415924774 9780415924771 0415924782 9780415924788
OCLC Number:	43919718
Description:	xii, 353 p. ; 23 cm.
Contents:	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.
Responsibility:	Priscilla B. Hayner.
More information:	Contributor biographical information

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

PREFACE by Timothy Garton Ash

1. INTRODUCTION
2. CONFRONTING PAST CRIMES
3. WHY A TRUTH COMMISSION?
4. FIVE ILLUSTRATIVE TRUTH COMMISSIONS
5. SIXTEEN LESS-PROMINENT COMMISSIONS
6. WHAT IS THE TRUTH?
7. TRUTH VERSUS JUSTICE: IS IT A TRADE-OFF?
8. NAMING THE GUILTY
9. HEALING FROM THE PAST
10. AN EYE TO THE FUTURE: RECONCILIATION AND REFORMS
11. REPARATIONS FOR STATE CRIMES
12. LEAVING THE PAST ALONE
13. TRUTH COMMISSIONS AND THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT: CONFLICT OR COMPLEMENT?
14. 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
Chart 1: Twenty-one Truth Commisions
Chart 2: "Historical" Truth Commissions
Chart 3: Alternative Forms of Official or Semi-Official Inquiry into the Past
Chart 4: What Rights Violations do Truth Commissions Cover? Chart 5: Past Truth Commission Recommendations
Chart 6: Reparations from Truth Commissions:A Comparision of Chilean and Argentine Benefits for Victims
Chart7: A Comparision of Resources and Responsibilities
Chart 8: What Works Best?

APPENDIX 2: INTERVIEWS BY THE AUTHOR

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