Truth Commissions and Courts
Subtitle: The Tension Between Criminal Justice and the Search for Truth
Contributors: William A. Schabas (Editor); Shane Darcy (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: April 29, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9781402032233
Subjects: Crime & criminology; Political crimes and offenses; Criminology; Social Science; Sociology; Truth commissions; Criminal Law - General; International; Social Science / Criminology; Congresses; Due process of law
First sentence: Sierra Leone's Truth and Reconciliation Commission was a product of the Lomé Peace Agreement of 7 July 1999, a negotiated truce between the Government of Sierra Leone and the rebel Revolutionary United Front.1