00000cam a22000003i 4500 UP-1685594773862429092 Buklod 20211019100728.0 m | | ta 211019s2011 nyua rb |001 0|eng d 9780415806350 (pbk. ; alk. paper) (iLib)UPBAG-00042836476 OLC BAG rda eng JC 580 H39 2011 Hayner, Priscilla B. author. Unspeakable truths transitional justice and the challenge of truth commissions Priscilla B. Hayner. Second edition. New York, NY Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group 2011. xx, 356 pages 23 cm text rdacontent unmediated rdamedia volume rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages [338]-344) and index. Introduction -- Confronting past crimes : transitional justice and the phenomenon of truth commissions -- Why a truth commission? -- The five strongest truth commissions -- Other illustrative truth commissions -- What is the truth? -- The truth about women and men -- Truth and justice : a careful but critical relationship -- Truth commissions and the International Criminal Court -- Naming names of perpetrators -- Healing from the past -- Truth and reparations -- Reconciliation and reforms -- Leaving the past alone -- When, how, and who : basic questions of methodology and operations -- Reflections : looking forward -- Appendix 1. Other truth commissions described -- Appendix 2. Charts -- Interviews by the author. 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. Truth commissions. Human rights. Political atrocities. Political persecution. Amnesty. Reconciliation. FO UPBAG UPBAG-MAIN JC 580 H39 2011 Book