Unspeakable Truths - Confronting State Terror and Atrocity

Unspeakable Truths - Confronting State Terror and Atrocity

by PriscillaB.Hayner (Author)

Synopsis

This book is a profound exploration of truth commissions around the world, and the anguish, injustice, and the legacy of hate they are meant to absolve. Hayner examines twenty major truth commissions established around the world paying special attention to South Africa, El Salvador, Argentina, Chile, and Guatemala.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 368
Edition: 1
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 04 Jul 2002

ISBN 10: 0415924782
ISBN 13: 9780415924788

Author Bio
Priscilla B. Hayner co-founded the International Center for Transitional Justice and served as program director and director of its Geneva office. She has advised truth commissions in well over a dozen countries, working with the United Nations, the Ford Foundation, and others, and has been featured in Newsweek, the New York Times, the Christian Science Monitor, and Le Temps. She is currently writing on the subject of justice in peace negotiations.