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Right To Truth

The "Right to Truth" is a legal and moral principle within transitional justice that designates the entitlement of individuals and societies to obtain comprehensive and accurate information about gross human rights violations, particularly regarding the circumstances, causes, and responsibilities surrounding cases of enforced disappearances and systemic violence, as investigated and documented by truth commissions.

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2017–2026

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Right To The Truth

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Publications

37

Buried secrets: truth and human rights in Guatemala

Choice Reviews Online · 2004 · 270 citations

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The Insularity of the Reasonable: Why Political Liberalism Must Admit the Truth

David Estlund · Ethics · 1998 · 153 citations · Full text

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The right to the truth in international law: fact or fiction?

Yasmin Naqvi · International Review of the Red Cross · 2006 · 103 citations

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Buried Secrets. Truth and Human Rights in Guatemala

Charles R. Hale · Journal of Latin American Anthropology · 2004 · 95 citations

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International Guidelines for the Creation and Operation of Truth Commissions: A Preliminary Proposal

Priscilla Hayner · Law and Contemporary Problems · 1996 · 90 citations

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Authors

41

  1. CR
    Charles R. Hale

    The University of Texas at Austin, United States

    2 publications · 107 citations

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  2. JL
    Joseph L. Hoffmann

    Indiana University, United States

    1 publications · 15 citations

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  3. TW
    Thomas Weigend

    University of Cologne, Germany

    1 publications · 40 citations

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  4. AS
    Alex Stein

    University of California, Berkeley, United States

    1 publications · 54 citations

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  5. YN
    Yasmin Naqvi

    Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Switzerland

    1 publications · 103 citations

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Institutions

33

  1. Arizona State University

    Tempe, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    178 citations

  2. Edge Hill University

    Ormskirk, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    32 citations

  3. The University of Texas at San Antonio

    San Antonio, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    23 citations

  4. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    108 citations

  5. Haverford College

    Haverford, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    28 citations

  6. New York University

    New York, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    13 citations

  7. Indiana University

    Bloomington, United States

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    30 citations

  8. Laidlaw College

    Auckland, New Zealand

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    24 citations

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Venues

  1. International Journal of Transitional Justice

    3 publications · 154 citations

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  2. Journal of Latin American Anthropology

    2 publications · 107 citations

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  3. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 2 publications · 283 citations

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  4. Journal of Law and Society

    1 publications · 32 citations

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  5. International and Comparative Law Quarterly

    1 publications · 22 citations

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