Impact, legitimacy, and limitations of truth commissions / Angela D. Nichols.

Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2019]

xv, 106 pages ; 22 cm.

Human rights interventions.

"This book develops a theoretical understanding of how truth commissions achieve legitimacy and contribute to peace and stability. [The author] argues that truth commissions are most likely to impact society when they possess certain institutional characteristics--characteristics that send important political signals to the state and broader society alike. If these signals suggest greater degrees of authority, a break with the past, and transparency in both its investigations and its findings, the truth commission is more likely to impact society. In particular, [the author] examines whether or not states that adopt truth commissions with these characteristics are more likely to respect human rights and experience lower levels of violence. [The author] concludes with an analysis of Colombia's newly established Truth, Coexistence, and Non-Recurrence Commission."-- Back cover.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Ebook version :

K3240 .N527 2019

English

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