EAN: 9783030111717

IMPACT LEGITIMACY AND LIMITATIONS OF TRUTH COMM...

This book develops a theoretical understanding of how truth commissions achieve legitimacy and
contribute to peace and stability. Angela D. Nichols 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  Nichols 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. She concludes with an analysis of Colombiäs newly
established Truth  Coexistence  and Non-Recurrence Commission.

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