Impact, legitimacy, and limitations of truth commissions
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Impact, legitimacy, and limitations of truth commissions
（Human rights interventions / series editors, Chiseche Mibenge, Irene Hadiprayitno）
Palgrave Macmillan, c2019
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
This book develops a theoretical understanding of how truth commissions achieve legitimacy and contribute to peace and stability. Angela D. Nichols argues that truth commissions are most likely to impact society when they possess certain institutional characteristics-characteristics that send important political signals to the state and broader society alike. If these signals suggest greater degrees of authority, a break with the past, and transparency in both its investigations and its findings, the truth commission is more likely to impact society. In particular, Nichols examines whether or not states that adopt truth commissions with these characteristics are more likely to respect human rights and experience lower levels of violence. She concludes with an analysis of Colombia's newly established Truth, Coexistence, and Non-Recurrence Commission.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction1.1 Scholarly Motivation1.2 Chapter Outlines
2. Mechanisms of Transitional Justice2.1 Truth Commissions
3. Truth Commission Legitimacy3.1 Authority3.2 Break with the Past3.3 Transparency
4. Measuring Truth Commission Characteristics4.1 Dimensions of Authority4.2 New Regime4.3 Transparency4.4 Other Characteristics
5. Truth Commission Legitimacy and Human Rights 5.1 Authority5.2 New Regime5.3 Transparency5.4 Research Design5.5 Results5.6 Conclusion
6. Truth Commission Legitimacy and Violence in Africa6.1 Authority6.2 New Regime6.3 Transparency6.4 Research Design6.5 Results6.6 Conclusion
7. Conclusion7.1 Colombia's Truth Commission
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