6. Transitional justice in post-conflict societies II. Truth Commissions and amnesties.
Characterisation of Truth and reconciliation
commissions (TRCs) – most famous TRCs: South Africa, El Salvador, Spain,
Poland. Deciding to prosecute or forget – Relationship between amnesties and
TRCs – TRCs and democratisation.
Reading list:
· Crocker, David A. (2000):
Truth Commissions, Transitional Justice, and Civil Society. In: Rotberg, Robert
I. – Thompson, Dennis (eds.): Truth v. Justice: The Morality of Truth Commissions.
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2000, s.99-121.
· Gibson, James L. (2004):
Truth, Reconciliation, and the Creation of a Human Rights Culture in South
Africa. Law and Society Review, Vol. 38, January 2004, No. 1, s. 5-40.
· Gibson, James. (2009): On
Legitimacy Theory and the Effectiveness of Truth Commissions’. Law and
Contemporary Problems, Vol. 72, No. 2, pp. 123-142.
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