TruthCommission.org
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(in Brussels). We have combined our resources and interests to identify the best research that has been done to date on five key Truth Commissions, and to present it in a format that will be usable by decision-makers in designing future Commissions. We have drawn on a variety of sources for the data presented on this website, all of which are listed in our bibliography. We would like to particularly note the ground-breaking work of Neil Kritz at the U.S. Institute of Peace (editor of Transitional Justice, a three volume set published by USIP Press in 1995) and Priscilla Hayner (author of "Fifteen Truth Commissions - 1974-1994: A Comparative Study." Human Rights Quarterly, Vol 16, 1994). These two researchers have published the most comprehensive material available on Truth Commissions, and we have drawn much of the data from them. [*]
The primary purpose of our project is to make a portion of the literature on Truth Commissions available in a readable and concise form to decision makers around the world who are contemplating the launch of their own commission. Putting a Commission together is a daunting task, one that can benefit greatly from knowing what has been done elsewhere and, where evaluation has been done, seeing what impact previous efforts have had. We hope that this interactive website will provide a useful reference point in the design process. Rather than try to summarize all of the data on every Commission that has existed, we have chosen instead to provide more comprehensive information on five of the most successful and most studied truth commissions. These are: Argentina, Chile, El Salvador, Guatemala, and South Africa. We will be continuing to update the material on the site as more studies are done. If you are aware of new data that is not included here and should be, please contact us and let us know.
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- ATTN: truthcommission.org
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- Yarmouth NS
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