Full Text Available
Note: Clicking the button above will open the full text document at the original institutional repository in a new window.
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission in post-conflict Sierra Leone
Prepared under the supervision of Dr. Jean Allain at the Department of Political Sciences, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, the American University in Cairo, Egypt
Saved in:
| Other Authors: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Thesis |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
University of Pretoria
2006
|
| Subjects: | |
| Tags: |
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
| _version_ | 1867613674739335168 |
|---|---|
| access_status_str | Open Access |
| author2 | Allain, Jean |
| author_browse | Allain, Jean |
| author_facet | Allain, Jean |
| collection | Thesis |
| dc_rights_str_mv | Centre for Human Rights, Law Faculty, University of Pretoria |
| description | Prepared under the supervision of Dr. Jean Allain at the Department of Political Sciences, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, the American University in Cairo, Egypt |
| format | Thesis |
| id | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/988 |
| institution | University of Pretoria (South Africa) |
| language | English |
| last_indexed | 2026-06-10T12:39:54.561Z |
| license_str | Other — see source repository |
| provenance_str_mv | Harvested via OAI-PMH from UPSpace — University of Pretoria Institutional Repository |
| publishDate | 2006 |
| publishDateRange | 2006 |
| publishDateSort | 2006 |
| publisher | University of Pretoria |
| publisherStr | University of Pretoria |
| record_format | dspace |
| source_str | UPSpace — University of Pretoria Institutional Repository |
| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/988 The Truth and Reconciliation Commission in post-conflict Sierra Leone Allain, Jean Dumbuya, Lansana UCTD Truth commissions Truth and Reconciliation Commission Lome Peace Agreement Special Court for Sierra Leone Reconciliation Amnesty Human rights Human rights violations Prepared under the supervision of Dr. Jean Allain at the Department of Political Sciences, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, the American University in Cairo, Egypt Thesis (LLM (Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa)) -- University of Pretoria, 2003. "This work is arranged into six chapters. Beyond the introduction, chapter two highlights atrocities of the war and evaluates the diplomacy process, which eventually resulted in the creation of the TRC. It briefly examines the Abidjan and Conakry Peace Plan and specifically elaborates on the Lome Peace Accord, which finally culminated in the promulgation of the Truth and Reconciliation Act of 2000. The human rights and humanitarian law dimension of the conflict will also be addressed. Chapter three gives a general description of truth commissions and analyse the TRC with specific refernce to its structure, function, jurisdiction, mandate, proceedings, evidence, and its investigative methods, which is the backbone of the Truth Commission. It will aslo assess whether naming names would be a potent tool for the Commission to bring perpetrators to shame. From a human rights perspective chapter four address issues such as healing and reconciliation, truth, forgiveness, and assesses whether they are effective remedies for human rights violations. The issue of amnesty, especially Article IX of the Lome Peace Accord, will be evaluated. This chapter will also discuss the issue of impunity. Chapter five deliberates on the relationship between tribunals and truth commissions generally and specifically elaborate on the TRC and the Special Court with specific reference to their legal framework, composition, jurisdiction, information sharing, and whether both institutions serve as accountability mechanisms. Chapter six concludes the dissertation by determining whether or not there are any lessons one can learn from the Commission. It closes by making recommendations for the smooth functioning of the Commission and how it can effectively contribute to the needs of traumatised societies." -- Chapter 1. http://www.chr.up.ac.za/academic_pro/llm1/dissertations.html Centre for Human Rights LLM 2006-10-23T12:41:02Z 2006-10-23T12:41:02Z 03-Oct 2003 Mini Dissertation Dumbuya, L 2003, The Truth and Reconciliation Commission in post-conflict Sierra Leone, LLM Mini Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/988> http://hdl.handle.net/2263/988 en LLM Dissertations 2003(7) Centre for Human Rights, Law Faculty, University of Pretoria 607346 bytes application/pdf application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD Truth commissions Truth and Reconciliation Commission Lome Peace Agreement Special Court for Sierra Leone Reconciliation Amnesty Human rights Human rights violations The Truth and Reconciliation Commission in post-conflict Sierra Leone |
| title | The Truth and Reconciliation Commission in post-conflict Sierra Leone |
| title_full | The Truth and Reconciliation Commission in post-conflict Sierra Leone |
| title_fullStr | The Truth and Reconciliation Commission in post-conflict Sierra Leone |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Truth and Reconciliation Commission in post-conflict Sierra Leone |
| title_short | The Truth and Reconciliation Commission in post-conflict Sierra Leone |
| title_sort | truth and reconciliation commission in post conflict sierra leone |
| topic | UCTD Truth commissions Truth and Reconciliation Commission Lome Peace Agreement Special Court for Sierra Leone Reconciliation Amnesty Human rights Human rights violations |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/988 |