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Brazil commission says abusers could be tried

Brazil Institute wrote 18 hours ago: AP/ABC News, 05/21/2013 A Truth Commission investigating human rights abuses under Brazil’s mi … more →

Tags: Humanitarian Issues, Nation, Security, amnesty, military dictatorship

Visigoths and Truth Commissions

resfragilis wrote 4 days ago: James Traub at Foreign Policy has a nice piece that likens the CIA’s current efforts to keep t … more →

Tags: Torture, CIA, enhanced interrogation techniques, James Traub, church committee

National Commission of truth on the Dictatorship

sparrow wrote 1 week ago: Saturday, May 11, 2013   The National Commission of truth attempts to disassemble speech that justif … more →

Tags: Belo Monte, texts of the dictatorship

Some thoughts on the idea of a truth commission

philosophymasters wrote 1 week ago: Even a cursory glance across the history of the twentieth century will reveal plentiful transitional … more →

Tags: truth 2, Morality, Political Philosophy, Justification, historical truths, Justice, Criminal Justice, Restorative Justice

Brazil Daily Brief, April 15th 2013

DB wrote 1 month ago: Main stories   On the verge of a nervous breakdown: the combination of high cost, low quality a … more →

Tags: daily brief, acre, Central Bank, Custo Brasil, Dilma Rousseff, Haiti, Interest Rate, Soccer

Recalling Memories of the Mayor who Survived a Recall Vote

Teivo Teivainen 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 →

Tags: Perú, Susana Villarán, mayor of Lima

Bloody Francis I, meet the new pope Jorge Mario Bergoglio, same as the old one

unaxe wrote 2 months ago: The Black Sun is dawning again The Vatican conclave has elected Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio as Po … more →

Tags: Politics-Politique, Satanism / Satanisme, Secret societies / Sociétés secrètes, History- Histoire, vatican city, Henry Kissinger, Pope Benedict XVI, Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger, jorge mario bergoglio

Global Research ~ “Washington’s Pope”? Who is Pope Francis I? Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio and Argentina’s “Dirty War”

spartanoftruth wrote 2 months ago: From Global Research … By Prof Michel Chossudovsky The Vatican conclave has elected Cardinal J … more →

Tags: Henry Kissinger, Dictatorship, Washington, Global Research, Argentina, Pope John Paul II, Pope Francis, jorge mario bergoglio, dirty war

In the News...

transitionaljusticeinbrazil wrote 3 months ago: Posted by Allison Fisher This past Saturday the National Truth Commission concluded that Rubens Paiv … more →

Tags: In The News, Araguaia massacre, Coat of Arms, Rubens Paiva State Truth Commission (SP)

Brazil's truth commission investigates death of former president Juscelino Kubitschek

Brazil Institute wrote 3 months ago: AP/The Washington Post, 01/23/2013 Brazil’s Truth Commission, which is investigating human rights ab … more →

Tags: Nation, Brazilian military dictatorship, Kubitschek

2012 - A Year in Human Rights

IRCT wrote 4 months ago: Happy New Year! We have just returned from the year-end holiday. But before we look forward to 2013, … more →

Tags: News Clippings, Brazil, Torture, Human Rights, DRC, rehabilitation, turkey, justice, right to rehabilitation

Beyond survivors: A president's story

IRCT wrote 5 months ago: While gender violence is a near universal problem, there are regional challenges to addressing it. O … more →

Tags: Women/Girls/Gender, Voices, Brazil, 16 Days, gender violence, voices of torture survivors, torture survivors, Violence Against Women, sexual torture

The Power of Truth2 comments

jokadieva wrote 6 months ago: In “Truth Skepticism: An Inquiry into the Value of Truth in Times of Transition,” Erin D … more →

Tags: News, Truth, Justice, retributive justice

Brazil's Truth Commission

natashatbaker wrote 6 months ago: Levante Contra Tortura = Rise Up Against Torture. Sem Verdade Não Há Liberdade = Without Truth There … more →

Tags: Politics, human rights, military dictatorship, Brazil, transitional justice, Comissão Nacional da Verdade, Swisspeace, Truth, Justice

NYT: Uncomfortable Truths

Ju* wrote 7 months ago: [Picture source: hispanicallyspeakingnews.com] September 28, 2012, 9:21 AM By DANIEL POLITI SÃO PAUL … more →

Tags: News, Argentina, Brazil, NYT, The New York Times, Human Rights, violations to human rights, news 2, New York Times

TRUTH MAY HURT BUT SILENCE KILLS31 comments

rezinate wrote 7 months ago:     “A truth commission or truth and reconciliation commission is a commission taske … more →

Tags: Annie Mae Aquash, AIM, John Graham, Patriarchy, Leonard Peltier, genocide, wounded knee 2, russell means, Native American rights

Distinctly Arab? Questions about Transitional Justice and the Arab Spring (Part II)2 comments

Mark Kersten wrote 8 months ago: This is the second of a two-part post on transitional justice and the Arab Spring, by Kirsten Fisher … more →

Tags: International Criminal Court (ICC), Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, middle east, transitional justice, Libya and the ICC, Syria, Justice

Brazil truth commission to probe only junta crimes

Brazil Institute wrote 8 months ago: Stan Lehman – The Miami Herald, 09/18/2012 Brazil’s Truth Commission will investigate on … more →

Tags: Humanitarian Issues, Security, Dilma Rousseff, Torture, military dictatorship

Brazil's truth commission will only probe human rights abuses by former dictarorships

Brazil Institute wrote 8 months ago: AP/Washington Post, 09/18/2012 Brazil’s Truth Commission says it will only investigate human rights … more →

Tags: Nation, Humanitarian Issues, Brazil's dictatorship


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