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Human Rights Law

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2011

Human rights

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Rule Of Law In Haiti Before And After The 2010 Earthquake, James D. Wilets, Camilo Espinosa Jan 2011

Rule Of Law In Haiti Before And After The 2010 Earthquake, James D. Wilets, Camilo Espinosa

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Have Truth And Reconciliation Commissions Helped Remediate Human Rights Violations Against Women? An Analysis Of The Past And Formula For The Future, Peggy Maisel Jan 2011

Have Truth And Reconciliation Commissions Helped Remediate Human Rights Violations Against Women? An Analysis Of The Past And Formula For The Future, Peggy Maisel

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Truth and Reconciliation Commissions (TRCs) have investigated human rights violations and abuses in a wide range of countries and communities over the last thirty-five years. Created by people who believe finding truth through an examination of the past is necessary to build social and political trust, the goal of these processes has been to make findings and recommendations in order to strengthen or aid the transition to democracy, reduce conflict and create a basis for long term reconciliation, facilitate some form of transitional or restorative justice, and begin the process of change needed to avoid similar human rights violations in …