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Peace and conflict studies

a temporary official body set up to investigate a pattern of past human rights abuses over a period, rather than a single event, and to issue a report.

In peace and conflict studies, truth commission refers to a temporary official body set up to investigate a pattern of past human rights abuses over a period, rather than a single event, and to issue a report. This meaning comes from Hayner (1994) in Human Rights Quarterly.[1]

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References

Hayner, P. B. (1994). Fifteen Truth Commissions--1974 to 1994: A Comparative Study. Human Rights Quarterly, 16(4), 597. https://doi.org/10.2307/762562

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