02760nam 2200601 450 991078829100332120200520144314.01-4985-0409-4(CKB)2670000000613741(EBL)2038792(SSID)ssj0001481289(PQKBManifestationID)12505375(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001481289(PQKBWorkID)11497758(PQKB)10372340(MiAaPQ)EBC2038792(Au-PeEL)EBL2038792(CaPaEBR)ebr11050541(CaONFJC)MIL778890(OCoLC)908335605(EXLCZ)99267000000061374120150513h20152015 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAfrican truth commissions and transitional justice /John Perry and T. Debey SayndeeLanham, Maryland :Lexington Books,2015.©20151 online resource (121 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4985-0407-8 1-4985-0408-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.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<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>Transitional justiceAfricaTruth commissionsAfricaHuman rightsAfricaTransitional justiceTruth commissionsHuman rights323.4/9096Perry John1946 February 7-1577144Sayndee T. Debey1957-MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910788291003321African truth commissions and transitional justice3855494UNINA