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Record Nr.

UNINA9910788291003321

Autore

Perry John <1946 February 7->

Titolo

African truth commissions and transitional justice / / John Perry and T. Debey Sayndee

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

1-4985-0409-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (121 p.)

Disciplina

323.4/9096

Soggetti

Transitional justice - Africa

Truth commissions - Africa

Human rights - Africa

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter One: Liberia's Truth and Reconciliation Commission; Chapter Two: The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of South Africa; Chapter Three: The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Sierra Leone; Chapter Four: The National Reconciliation Commission of Ghana; Chapter Five: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) and Human Rights Violations Investigation Commission (HRVIC) of Nigeria; Chapter Six: Chad; Chapter Seven: The First Truth Commission in an Arab Country; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index; About the Authors

Sommario/riassunto

<span><span>Using an inductive methodology based on one key component of transitional justice-namely, truth commissions-</span><span style=""font-style:italic;"">African Truth Commissions and Transitional Justice</span><span> attempts to place them within the context of other elements such as trials of human rights abusers, the strengths and weaknesses of amnesty, and the importance of memorialization.</span></span>