TY - BOOK AU - Hayner,Priscilla B. TI - Unspeakable truths: transitional justice and the challenge of truth commissions SN - 9780415806350 AV - JC580 .H39 2011 U1 - 323.044 22 PY - 2011/// CY - New York PB - Routledge KW - Truth commissions KW - Human rights KW - Political atrocities KW - Political persecution KW - Amnesty KW - Reconciliation N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction -- Confronting past crimes : transitional justice and the phenomenon of truth commissions -- Why a truth commission? -- The five strongest truth commissions -- Other illustrative truth commissions -- What is the truth? -- The truth about women and men -- Truth and justice : a careful but critical relationship -- Truth commissions and the International Criminal Court -- Naming names of perpetrators -- Healing from the past -- Truth and reparations -- Reconciliation and reforms -- Leaving the past alone -- When, how, and who : basic questions of methodology and operations -- Reflections : looking forward ER -