Stretching the truth
Subtitle: the uncertain promise of TRCs in Africa's transitional justice
By: George Wachira, with Prisca Kamungi and Kalie Sillah
Contributors: Kamungi, Prisca, author; Sillah, Kalie, author
Publisher: Nairobi Peace Initiative-Africa (NPI-Africa); West African Network for Peacebuilding (WANEP)
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Nairobi; Accra, Ghana
Language: eng
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9789966173058
Subjects: Truth commissions; Reconciliation; Transitional justice; Political crimes and offenses; Investigation; Crimes against humanity
Description: "In this study of people's expectations of truth and reconciliation commissions in 5 African countries, the authors demonstrate that the presumed beneficiaries of TRCs are largely disappointed with their performance. The authors argue that the hasty, 'copy-cat' recourse to TRCs in Africa has tendd to overlook serious flaws in the conceptualization and design of TRCs as transitional justice mechanisms." -- Back cover.
Notes: Cover title.

Includes bibliographical references and index.