LEADER 04544nam 22005655 450 001 9910410031403321 005 20200704074412.0 010 $a94-6265-379-8 024 7 $a10.1007/978-94-6265-379-5 035 $a(CKB)4100000010952683 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6167629 035 $a(DE-He213)978-94-6265-379-5 035 $a(PPN)243763956 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000010952683 100 $a20200408d2020 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aTransitional Justice in Ghana $eAn Appraisal of the National Reconciliation Commission /$fby Marian Yankson-Mensah 205 $a1st ed. 2020. 210 1$aThe Hague :$cT.M.C. Asser Press :$cImprint: T.M.C. Asser Press,$d2020. 215 $a1 online resource (263 pages) 225 1 $aInternational Criminal Justice Series,$x2352-6718 ;$v25 311 $a94-6265-378-X 327 $aChapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Historical Background to the Establishment of the National Reconciliation Commission -- Chapter 3. The Legal Framework of the National Reconciliation Commission -- Chapter 4. The National Reconciliation Commission in Practice -- Chapter 5. The National Reconciliation Commission in Hindsight: An Evaluation of Its Impact -- Chapter 6. After the National Reconciliation Commission: The Way Ahead -- Chapter 7. Conclusion -- Appendix -- Index. 330 $aThis book situates Ghana's truth-telling process, which took place from 2002 to 2004, within the discourse on the effectiveness of the different mechanisms used by post-conflict and post-dictatorship societies to address gross human rights violations. The National Reconciliation Commission was the most comprehensive transitional justice mechanism employed during Ghana's transitional process in addition to amnesties, reparations and minimal institutional reforms. Due to a blanket amnesty that derailed all prospects of resorting to judicial mechanisms to address gross human rights violations, the commission was established as an alternative to prosecutions. Against this background, the author undertakes a holistic assessment of the National Reconciliation Commission's features, mandate, procedure and aftermath to ascertain the loopholes in Ghana's transitional process. She defines criteria for the assessment, which can be utilised with some modifications to assess the impact of other transitional justice mechanisms. Furthermore, she also reflects on the options and possible setbacks for future attempts to address the gaps in the mechanisms utilised. With a detailed account of the human rights violations perpetrated in Ghana from 1957 to 1993, this volume of the International Criminal Justice Series provides a useful insight into the factors that shape the outcomes of transitional justice processes. Given its combination of normative, comparative and empirical approaches, the book will be useful to academics, students, practitioners and policy makers by fostering their understanding of the implications of the different features of truth commissions, the methods for assessing transitional justice mechanisms, and the different factors to consider when designing mechanisms to address gross human rights violations in the aftermath of a conflict or dictatorship. Marian Yankson-Mensah is a Researcher and Project Officer at the International Nuremberg Principles Academy in Nuremberg, Germany. 410 0$aInternational Criminal Justice Series,$x2352-6718 ;$v25 606 $aHuman rights 606 $aInternational criminal law 606 $aPublic international law 606 $aHuman Rights$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/R19020 606 $aInternational Criminal Law $3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/R19040 606 $aPublic International Law $3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/R19000 615 0$aHuman rights. 615 0$aInternational criminal law. 615 0$aPublic international law. 615 14$aHuman Rights. 615 24$aInternational Criminal Law . 615 24$aPublic International Law . 676 $a340.115 700 $aYankson-Mensah$b Marian$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$0948197 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910410031403321 996 $aTransitional Justice in Ghana$92143215 997 $aUNINA