Essays about: "truth and reconciliation commission"
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1. ACHIEVING GENDER-JUST PROGRAMMES: A CASE STUDY ON SOUTH AFRICA’S TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION COMMISSION
University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate SchoolAbstract : The aim of this paper is to research how transitional justice programmes have to this day inadequately addressed gender-based violence by specifically examining the overall framework of South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) in its goal towards reconciliation as a case study. To gain a thorough analysis on how its framework impacted its inclusion of women’s experiences of conflict and how it could have worked towards having a more transformative effect on the lives of black women in South Africa. READ MORE
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2. Civil Religion Iconography : A New Theoretical Perspective Regarding Public Art
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionenAbstract : Based on the idea that public art reflects cultural values and is meant, not as many have argued as a means of teaching history, but rather as a means of promoting cultural ideals, public art serves a role in lauding people and behaviors and reflects an important facet in the creation of a national identity and ethos. Further, that in this function of promoting societal norms, public art serves as an iconography of a “civil religion” which tells a story to the citizenry about what a given country admires, reveres and aspires to and promotes a specific moral narrative regarding a country and its people. READ MORE
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3. "Truth, Justice and Peace" : A quantitative analysis of the impact of Truth and Reconciliation Commissions on conflict recurrence
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskningAbstract : Time has passed since truth and reconciliation commissions (TRCs) started to grow in popularity. The general patterns of their effect on the post-conflict societies are still unexplored. READ MORE
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4. Towards Reconciliation? - An analysis of post-colonial structures within the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada
University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : Canada has a long history of colonialism that ended in 1867. Before and after this the Indigenous peoples have been the target of several assimilation strategies, the most famous being the Indian Residential Schools system. To deal with its legacy, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada was set up. READ MORE
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5. From the Ashes of Scorched Earth : The role of procedural justice, provision of promised benefits, and respectful and dignified treatment on perceived truth commission legitimacy
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Hugo Valentin-centrum; Uppsala universitet/Programmet för studier kring Förintelsen och folkmordAbstract : .... READ MORE
