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Truth Commission Establishment

Truth Commission Establishment is a formal process through which a state or authoritative body institutionalizes a temporary, fact-finding mechanism mandated to investigate past human rights violations or systemic injustices within a transitional justice framework, distinguished from related mechanisms by its official mandate, investigative autonomy, and focus on uncovering structural truths for societal reconciliation.

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97

Authors

52

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2017–2026

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Publications

94

Fifteen Truth Commissions--1974 to 1994: A Comparative Study

Priscilla Hayner · Human Rights Quarterly · 1994 · 525 citations

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Truth and Reconciliation Commission of South Africa report

Choice Reviews Online · 1999 · 290 citations

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The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada

M P Wilson · Columbia Academic Commons (Columbia University) · 2014 · 266 citations · Full text

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Commissioning the Past: Understanding South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission

Annelies Verdoolaege, Deborah Posel, Graeme Simpson et al. · African Studies Review · 2003 · 185 citations

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The Instruction of Great Catastrophe: Truth Commissions, National History, and State Formation in Argentina, Chile, and Guatemala

Greg Grandin · The American Historical Review · 2005 · 172 citations

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Authors

97

  1. PH
    Priscilla Hayner

    International Center for Transitional Justice, United States

    3 publications · 670 citations

    3

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  2. LS
    Lyn S. Graybill

    United States Naval Academy, United States

    3 publications · 246 citations

    3

    h-index

  3. NR
    Naomi Roht‐Arriaza

    University of California Hastings College of the Law, United States

    3 publications · 156 citations

    3

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  4. BG
    Beth Goldblatt

    University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa

    2 publications · 83 citations

    2

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  5. JS
    Jeremy Sarkin

    University of South Africa, South Africa

    2 publications · 114 citations

    2

    h-index

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Institutions

52

  1. University of the Witwatersrand

    Johannesburg, South Africa

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    157 citations

  2. University of California Hastings College of the Law

    San Francisco, United States

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    170 citations

  3. University of British Columbia

    Vancouver, Canada

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    92 citations

  4. Edge Hill University

    Ormskirk, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    105 citations

  5. University of Ulster

    Coleraine, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    42 citations

  6. University of the Western Cape

    Cape Town, South Africa

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    114 citations

  7. Ollscoil na Gaillimhe – University of Galway

    Galway, Ireland

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    66 citations

  8. Universidade de Brasília

    Brasília, Brazil

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    41 citations

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Venues

  1. International Journal of Transitional Justice

    8 publications · 300 citations

    8

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  2. Human Rights Quarterly

    5 publications · 936 citations

    5

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  3. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 4 publications · 398 citations

    4

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  4. African Studies Review

    2 publications · 196 citations

    2

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  5. eYLS (Yale Law School)

    Repository · 2 publications · 30 citations

    2

    h-index

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