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truth and reconciliation commissions       Search catalogue 294941789

Scope note
Commissions established to investigate the human rights abuses committed during a specified period, exemplified by South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission (established in 1995 to investigate gross violations of human rights between March 1960 and December 1993).

Used for
TRC
truth commissions

Broader terms
administrative agencies

Related terms
commissions of inquiry
conflict resolution
human rights institutions
transitional justice

Subject category
09.02.02 PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

Indexing history
Added 2006. For publications indexed before 2006, see offences against human rights in combination with commissions of inquiry.

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