Stretching the truth : the uncertain promise of TRCs in Africa's transitional justice /

Stretching the truth : the uncertain promise of TRCs in Africa's transitional justice /

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Author / Creator:Wachira, George Mukundi, author.
Imprint:Nairobi : Nairobi Peace Initiative-Africa (NPI-Africa) ; Accra, Ghana : West African Network for Peacebuilding (WANEP), 2014.
Description:xx, 288 pages ; 23 cm
Language:English
Subject:
Truth commissions -- Africa.
Truth commissions -- South Africa.
Truth commissions -- Kenya.
Reconciliation -- Political aspects -- Africa.
Transitional justice -- Africa.
Political crimes and offenses -- Investigation -- Africa.
Crimes against humanity -- Africa.
Crimes against humanity.
Political crimes and offenses -- Investigation.
Reconciliation -- Political aspects.
Transitional justice.
Truth commissions.
Africa.
Kenya.
South Africa.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10812384
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Other authors / contributors:Kamungi, Prisca, author.
Sillah, Kalie, author.
ISBN:9789966173058
9966173056
Notes:Cover title.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:"In this study of people's expectations of truth and reconciliation commissions in 5 African countries, the authors demonstrate that the presumed beneficiaries of TRCs are largely disappointed with their performance. The authors argue that the hasty, 'copy-cat' recourse to TRCs in Africa has tendd to overlook serious flaws in the conceptualization and design of TRCs as transitional justice mechanisms." -- Back cover.

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