Essays about: "sanningskommissioner"
Found 2 essays containing the word sanningskommissioner.
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1. Transitional Justice - Setting Aside Rule of Law in Order to Reach the Rule of Law
University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakultetenAbstract : Transitional justice is a term and concept which describes how countries deal with large-scale human rights abuses through different judicial and non-judicial measures in order to achieve reconciliation and hold perpetrators accountable. Transitional justice as a concept was born out of practice as a response to how countries in the 1980–1990s dealt with large-scale abuses committed by the earlier regime in the countries’ transition from authoritarian rule towards becoming a democracy. READ MORE
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2. Truth and Reconciliation in Sub-Saharan Africa : Transitional Justice in South Africa, Sierra Leone and Rwanda
University essay from Lunds universitet/Mänskliga rättigheterAbstract : The Sub-Saharan African countries of South Africa, Sierra Leone and Rwanda have recently gone through post-conflict political transitions where one of the main dilemmas is how to deal with the past. The three countries have all opted for a transitional justice mechanism that involves truth-telling in order to address past abuses, and with the prospect of reconciliation. READ MORE
