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Transitional justice involves emerging democracies which must cope with the legacy of human rights abuses of past repressive regimes.
- See also:
World
Transitional justice
- Transitional Justice: How Emerging Democracies Reckon with Former Regimes edited by Neil J. Kritz. USIP Press, 1995. Summary of contents of a three-volume compilation of readings. Ordering information is also available.
Bibliographies
- International Internet Bibliography on Transitional Justice: A selected bibliography with special focus on Germany and South Africa by Gunnar Theissen, 27 January 2000. Bibliography of about 2000 monographs, book chapters and periodical articles in English or German about transitional justice. Emphasis is on South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) and on Germany after 1945 and 1989. This site also includes transitional justice links.
Organizations
- United States Institute of Peace (USIP). An independent, nonpartisan federal institution created and funded by the U.S. Congress to strengthen the United States' capacity to promote the peaceful resolution of international conflict. The Institute's Board of Directors is appointed by the President of the United States and confirmed by the Senate.
Truth commissions
"Truth commission"
has become the designation for governmental organs intended to
address the history and legacy of human rights abuses due to
racial, ethnic, class, and ideological conflict in nations emerging
from periods of such abuses. Generally, a truth commission is
established for designated period of time and is mandated to
investigate human rights abuses during a specific period of time
in a particular nation or in reference to a specific conflict.Truth
commissions are often complements or alternatives to other national
responses, such as amnesty or criminal prosecution.
- United States Institute of Peace Library: Truth Commissions. Includes information about over 20 truth commissions in various nations, with links.
- Truth Commissions: A Comparative Assessment. Harvard Law School Human Rights Program, 1997. Interdisciplinary discussion held at Harvard Law School in May 1996.
- "Review Essay: A Country Unmasked: Inside South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission" by Antonia Moras. Alaska Justice Forum 18(3), Fall 2001.