Politics of Acknowledgement

Politics of Acknowledgement

EnglishPaperback / softback
Quinn Joanna R.
University of British Columbia Press
EAN: 9780774818476
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Human rights violations leave deep scars on people, societies, and nations. Since the early 1990s, international rights groups have argued that resolving the violence of the past through instruments of transitional justice such as truth commissions is a necessary condition for a peaceful future. But how can nations ensure that these tribunals are the best path to reconciliation?

The Politics of Acknowledgement develops a theoretical framework of acknowledgement with which to evaluate truth commissions. Rather than applying this framework to successful tribunals, Joanna Quinn uses it to analyze the difficulties encountered and the ultimate failure of two poorly understood truth commissions in Uganda and Haiti. The failure of these commissions reveals that if reconciliation is to be achieved, acknowledgement of past violence and harm – by both victims and perpetrators – must come before goals such as forgiveness, social trust, civic engagement, and social cohesion.

EAN 9780774818476
ISBN 0774818476
Binding Paperback / softback
Publisher University of British Columbia Press
Publication date January 1, 2011
Pages 208
Language English
Dimensions 229 x 152
Country Canada
Readership Professional & Scholarly
Authors Quinn Joanna R.
Illustrations 2 maps, 2 figures
Series Law and Society