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Institute of Commonwealth Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London
The Centre for International Human Rights

Panel 2: Lessons from Truth Commissions (11:00 am – 12:30 pm)
Chair: Catherine Jenkins Lecturer in Law and Chair, Centre for Law and Conflict, SOAS Author, Taking Apology Seriously Speakable & Unspeakable Truths: Evaluating Truth Commissions
Priscilla Hayner Director, Peace & Justice Program, International Center for Transitional Justice Author, Unspeakable Truths: Confronting State Terror and Atrocity One size does not fit all? Problematizing Locality and the Indigenous in Transitional Justice
Rosalind Shaw Associate Professor of Anthropology, Tufts University Author, Rethinking Truth and Reconciliation Commissions: Lessons from Sierra Leone Over the Rainbow: Lessons from the South African TRC
Paul Gready Professor in Applied Human Rights, University of York Author, Aftermaths: Truth, Justice and Reconciliation in Post-Apartheid South Africa

01/05/2009