Are Truth Commissions Just Hot-Air Balloons? A Reality Check on the Impact of Truth Commission Recommendations - Vol. 29 Núm. 1, Enero 2017 - Revista Desafíos - Libros y Revistas - VLEX 678702133

Are Truth Commissions Just Hot-Air Balloons? A Reality Check on the Impact of Truth Commission Recommendations

AutorJohannes Langer
CargoAssociate Professor of International Relations at the School at the Law and Political Science Faculty of the Universidad de San Buenaventura, Bogotá
Páginas177-210
Desafíos, Bogotá (Colombia), (29-I): 177-210, semestre I de 2017
Are Truth Commissions
Just Hot-Air Balloons?
A Reality Check on the
Impact of Truth Commission
Recommendations*
JOHANNES LANGER**
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Check on the Impact of Truth Commission Recommendations. Desafíos, 29
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Abstract
     

 
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are suggesting. Instead, they usually ar gue from normative points of view rather than
  

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   
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relying on empirical evidence. During the last decade, there has been a continued debate
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research from three case studies (Kenya, Sierra Leone, and Timor-Leste), this paper
 
  
of truth commissions on democracy, peace, and institutional reform. The analysis
roughly follows the four-step approach set out by Skaar, Maica, and Eide (2015)
to measure the impact of truth commissions and illustrates both the opportunities
they provide and their limitations.
Keywords: -
tice, truth commission.
¿Son las comisiones de la verdad tan solo
globos? Un análisis del impacto de las
recomendaciones de las comisiones de la
verdad
Resumen
Las comisiones de la verdad (CDV), ampliamente reconocidas como herramientas
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suelen argumentar desde puntos de vistas normativos, desestimando pruebas empíricas
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


centra en el impacto de las comisiones de la verdad con respecto a la democracia, paz y
reforma institucional, para averiguar qué impacto real tienen las CDV. El análisis
sigue de cerca el enfoque cuadripartito de Skaar, Maica y Eide (2015) para medir
el impacto de las CDV y muestra sus posibilidades y limitaciones.
Palabras clave:  
Kenia, Sierra Leona, Timor Oriental.
ARE TR UTH COMMISSIO NS JU ST H OT-AIR B ALLOONS? / 179
Desafíos, Bogotá (Colombia), (29-I): 177-210, semestre I de 2017
São as comissões da verdade tão só balões?
Uma análise do impacto das recomendações
das comissões da verdade
Resumo
As comissões da verdade (CDV), amplamente reconhecidas como ferramentas chave


políticos que promovem estes mecanismos não têm, com frequência, exercido uma ade-

argumentar desde pontos de vistas normativos, desestimando provas empíricas reais.
   

este trabalho analisa a (não) aplicação das recomendações resultantes de informes

     
para averiguar que impacto real têm as CDV. A análise segue de perto o enfoque
quadripartito de Skaar, Maica e Eide (2015) para medir o impacto das CDV e
mostra as suas possibilidades e limitações.
Palavras-chave: comissão   
Quénia, Serra Leoa, Timor Leste.
Introduction
 
 
 
       
    

2010). Transitional justice refers to a set of mechanisms aimed at


 
times of transition – from dictatorship to democracy or from armed


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