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Author Quinn, Joanna R.

Title The politics of acknowledgement : truth commissions in Uganda and Haiti / Joanna R. Quinn
Published Vancouver : UBC Press, [2010]
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Description 1 online resource (208 pages) : maps
Series Law and society series
Law and society series (Vancouver, B.C.)
Contents Part 1. Theoretical model -- part 2. Analysis : parallels between the Ugandan and Haitian cases
Summary <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <html> <head> <meta name="generator" content="HTML Tidy, see www.w3.org"> <title></title> </head> <body> Human rights violations leave deep scars on people, societies, and nations. Rights groups argue that resolving past violence is necessary for a peaceful future. But how can nations ensure that instruments of transitional justice are the best path to reconciliation? This book develops a theoretical framework - a framework of acknowledgement - to evaluate truth commissions. Analysis of the difficulties encountered and the ultimate failure of truth commissions in Uganda and Haiti reveals that acknowledgement of past violence - by both victims and perpetrators - must come before goals such as forgiveness and social cohesion if reconciliation is to be achieved. </body> </html>
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Truth commissions -- Uganda
Truth commissions -- Haiti
Truth commissions.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Civil Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Human Rights.
Truth commissions
Haiti
Uganda
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2010484404
ISBN 9780774818483
0774818484
0774818476
9780774818476
0774818468
9780774818469
1280777818
9781280777813
9786613688200
6613688207