The Inter-American Court of Human Rights has underscored the role of truth commission reports in Latin America in establishing the facts that constitute the violation of a right, affirming the …
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12 documents in Truth and Reconciliation Commission - Peru
The Peruvian CVR is a direct heir of the Comisión Nacional sobre la Desaparición de Personas (CONADEP) in Argentina and of the Comisión de Esclarecimiento Histórico (CEH) of Guatemala. Its …
Translation of the article Mediating post-conflict dialogue: the media's role in transitional justice processes, in which the authors examine the role of the media through two important aspects: first, the …
In this article, the authors examine the role of the media through two important aspects: first, the way in which the media disseminates information about transitional justice mechanisms such as …
This article puts forward the idea that reparations play a critical role: the author shares her observations on how governmental agencies, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), civil society, and associations of survivor …
Volume 88 Number 862 June 2006. Numerous truth commissions of different types are being created around the world. The purpose of this schematic overview is to study the variety and …
In recent decades our region has experienced many violent conflicts and also their endings. This book allows us to better understand the situation in several countries of the Latin American …
INTRODUCTION. 1. THEORETICAL ASPECTS OF TRUTH COMMISSIONS. 2. COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF TRUTH COMMISSIONS. 3. SIMILAR EXPERIENCES IN COLOMBIA. 4. CONCLUSIONS.
The idea of creating a Truth Commission did not originate in Peru. Many countries that have gone through periods of internal conflict created truth commissions during the transition to try …
Synoptic table of the composition, period, facts to be investigated, objectives, functions, and powers of the truth commissions established in Argentina, Chile, El Salvador, Guatemala, and South Africa.
The process of coming to terms with the past, in societies where totalitarian regimes were established, begins in some cases with the work of Truth Commissions, tasked with investigating human …
Most Latin American societies experienced, over the last four decades, ongoing situations of violence and internal conflict, due to serious conditions of injustice and economic and social inequality. Faced with …
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