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Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada: National Research Centre Conference
Conference information Sharing Truth – Creating a National Research Centre on Residential Schools - Mark your calendars! The TRC will host a visioning conference in Vancouver, March 2-4, 2011 at… more →
Global Transitional Justice
Brazil commission says abusers could be tried
wrote 18 hours ago: AP/ABC News, 05/21/2013 A Truth Commission investigating human rights abuses under Brazil’s mi … more →
Visigoths and Truth Commissions
wrote 4 days ago: James Traub at Foreign Policy has a nice piece that likens the CIA’s current efforts to keep t … more →
National Commission of truth on the Dictatorship
wrote 1 week ago: Saturday, May 11, 2013 The National Commission of truth attempts to disassemble speech that justif … more →
Some thoughts on the idea of a truth commission
wrote 1 week ago: Even a cursory glance across the history of the twentieth century will reveal plentiful transitional … more →
Brazil Daily Brief, April 15th 2013
wrote 1 month ago: Main stories On the verge of a nervous breakdown: the combination of high cost, low quality a … more →
Recalling Memories of the Mayor who Survived a Recall Vote
wrote 2 months ago: There seems to be a recall vote fever in some parts of South America. The first female mayor of Lima … more →
Bloody Francis I, meet the new pope Jorge Mario Bergoglio, same as the old one
wrote 2 months ago: The Black Sun is dawning again The Vatican conclave has elected Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio as Po … more →
Global Research ~ “Washington’s Pope”? Who is Pope Francis I? Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio and Argentina’s “Dirty War”
wrote 2 months ago: From Global Research … By Prof Michel Chossudovsky The Vatican conclave has elected Cardinal J … more →
In the News...
wrote 3 months ago: Posted by Allison Fisher This past Saturday the National Truth Commission concluded that Rubens Paiv … more →
Brazil's truth commission investigates death of former president Juscelino Kubitschek
wrote 3 months ago: AP/The Washington Post, 01/23/2013 Brazil’s Truth Commission, which is investigating human rights ab … more →
2012 - A Year in Human Rights
wrote 4 months ago: Happy New Year! We have just returned from the year-end holiday. But before we look forward to 2013, … more →
Beyond survivors: A president's story
wrote 5 months ago: While gender violence is a near universal problem, there are regional challenges to addressing it. O … more →
The Power of Truth
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wrote 6 months ago: In “Truth Skepticism: An Inquiry into the Value of Truth in Times of Transition,” Erin D … more →
Brazil's Truth Commission
wrote 6 months ago: Levante Contra Tortura = Rise Up Against Torture. Sem Verdade Não Há Liberdade = Without Truth There … more →
NYT: Uncomfortable Truths
wrote 7 months ago: [Picture source: hispanicallyspeakingnews.com] September 28, 2012, 9:21 AM By DANIEL POLITI SÃO PAUL … more →
TRUTH MAY HURT BUT SILENCE KILLS
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wrote 7 months ago: “A truth commission or truth and reconciliation commission is a commission taske … more →
Distinctly Arab? Questions about Transitional Justice and the Arab Spring (Part II)
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wrote 8 months ago: This is the second of a two-part post on transitional justice and the Arab Spring, by Kirsten Fisher … more →
Brazil truth commission to probe only junta crimes
wrote 8 months ago: Stan Lehman – The Miami Herald, 09/18/2012 Brazil’s Truth Commission will investigate on … more →
Brazil's truth commission will only probe human rights abuses by former dictarorships
wrote 8 months ago: AP/Washington Post, 09/18/2012 Brazil’s Truth Commission says it will only investigate human rights … more →
