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Truth Commission Mandates

Truth Commission Mandates is a formal legal or institutional instrument that establishes the scope, objectives, and operational authority of a truth commission, distinguishing it from other transitional justice mechanisms by specifying its mandate to investigate, document, and disclose patterns of human rights violations within a defined temporal and territorial context.

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55

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25

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2017–2026

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Publications

42

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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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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Appendix A: Excerpts from Honouring the Truth, Reconciling for the Future: Summary of the Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada

Asma-na-hi Antoine, Rachel Mason, Roberta Mason et al. · 2018 · 137 citations

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Truth as Justice: Investigatory Commissions in Latin America

Margaret Popkin, Naomi Roht‐Arriaza · Law & Social Inquiry · 1995 · 124 citations · Full text

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Authors

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  1. NR
    Naomi Roht‐Arriaza

    University of California Hastings College of the Law, United States

    2 publications · 138 citations

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  2. MP
    Margaret Popkin

    University of California Hastings College of the Law, United States

    2 publications · 138 citations

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  3. SV
    Stef Vandeginste

    University of Antwerp, Belgium

    1 publications · 50 citations

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  4. ME
    Mark Ensalaco

    University of Dayton, United States

    1 publications · 111 citations

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  5. AP
    Angie Phenix

    1 publications · 26 citations

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Institutions

25

  1. University of California Hastings College of the Law

    San Francisco, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    152 citations

  2. University of Ulster

    Coleraine, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    71 citations

  3. University of Notre Dame

    Notre Dame, United States

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    70 citations

  4. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    30 citations

  5. University of Antwerp

    Antwerp, Belgium

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    50 citations

  6. University of Maryland, College Park

    College Park, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    31 citations

  7. University of Valparaíso

    Valparaíso, Chile

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    31 citations

  8. Philipps University of Marburg

    Marburg, Germany

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    28 citations

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Venues

  1. International Journal of Transitional Justice

    4 publications · 138 citations

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  2. Human Rights Quarterly

    3 publications · 263 citations

    3

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  3. Human Rights Review

    HRR · 3 publications · 81 citations

    3

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  4. Journal of Human Rights

    2 publications · 30 citations

    2

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  5. The American Historical Review

    AHR · 2 publications · 264 citations

    2

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