DEALING WITH THE PAST & TRUTH COMMISSIONS

INTERNET RESOURCES

Compiled by Brandon Hamber

September 29, 2003

Bibliography on Transitional Justice:  US Institute for Peace reports on the three-volume book on transitional justice edited by Neil Kritz.
Address:  http://www.usip.org/research/rol/tjmandela.html

Ford Foundation: Selected Bibliography on Truth Commissions and Transitional Justice
Address: www.fordfound.org/truth/

Thematic Guide to Truth and Reconciliation – INCORE: Covers a wide range of truth and reconciliation resources on the Internet.  Deals with several countries.
Address: http://www.incore.ulst.ac.uk/cds/themes/truth.html

Truth Commissions.Org:  On this website research on past Truth Commissions is organised in a manner that is oriented towards decision making, to enable designers of future Commissions to identify the critical factors and potential solutions relevant to their societies.
Address: http://www.truthcommission.org

The United States Institute for Peace:  The library keeps records on truth commissions and peace agreements.
Address: www.usip.org/library/truth.html

CAIN (Conflict Archive on the Internet – Northern Ireland ): Valuable resource of information and source material on the Northern Ireland conflict.
Address:  http://cain.ulst.ac.uk

Legacies of Authoritarianism Project: This project explores the way authoritarianism remains embedded in institutions, culture, and identities.
Address: http://wiscinfo-nt.doit.wisc.edu/globalstudies/LOA/index.htm

Dealing with Past: Site of War Resisters International:  WRI's project aims to evaluate the experience of such a traumatic past by looking into different ways of dealing with it - truth commissions or war crimes tribunals are only two examples. 
Address: http://www.wri-irg.org/en/index.htm

Political Apologies and Reparations Website: focus is on political apologies, which we define broadly as apologies by a political or social entity (governments, religious organizations, or other bodies) for events that have harmed identifiable groups.
Address: http://political-apologies.wlu.ca/about.php

Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation: A Centre set up in 1988 and holds over ten years of research online about the South African Truth and Reconciliation, as well as papers and documents on societies in transition.
Address:  http://www.csvr.org.za

Institute for Justice and Reconciliation: An institute set up after the South African TRC to grapple with the legacy of the past and promote reconciliation.
Address: http://www.ijr.org.za/index.html

International Centre for Transitional Justice: A centre founded in New York in March 2001 to assist societies pursuing accountability for human rights abuse arising from repressive rule, mass atrocity or armed conflict. 
Address: http://www.ictj.org

NeverAgain.net - Truth Commissions Worldwide
Information on truth commissions worldwide.
Address: http://www.neveragain.net/common/?Category=80

Truth and Reconciliation Commissions in Latin America : Provides information about the Truth Commissions of Argentina, Bolivia , Brazil , Chile , Paraguay and Peru (in Spanish).
Address: http://www.derechos.org/koaga/iii/1/cuya.html

Chilean Truth Commission Rettig Report: This site contains the full text of the Report from the Chilean Truth Commission, the Rettig Report.
Address: http://www.derechoschile.com/english/resour.htm

East Timor Truth Commission: Information on the East Timor Truth Commission
Address: http://www.easttimor-reconciliation.org/

Sierra Leone Truth Commission:  Information on the Sierra Leone Truth Commission.
Address: http://www.sierra-leone.org/trc.html

Peru Truth Commission: Information on the Comisión de la verdad y Reconciliación
Address: http://www.cverdad.org.pe/

South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission: Official Home Page of the South African TRC. 
Address: http://www.doj.gov.za/trc/index.html

Memoria y Justicia:  A site about the cases against Pinochet in Chile , but interesting and useful information on the Chilean process.
Address: http://www.memoriayjusticia.cl/english/en_home.html

The Vanished Gallery: This site is an attempt to bring the voices of the disappeared of Argentina to the world.
Address: http://www.yendor.com/vanished/index.html

Chronology of “Victim” Issues in Northern Ireland :  A chronology of some of the recent events and policy developments concerning victims and survivors of political violence in Northern Ireland .  Address:  http://www.brandonhamber.com/chronology.html

Bloody Sunday Trust: History and educational project which aims to commemorate the events of Bloody Sunday in 1972, Derry .
Address: www.bloodysundaytrust.org/

IRIN Testimonies Project: This web special is devoted exclusively to the many people caught up in crises of one kind or another who are often written about, filmed and discussed, but seldom have the opportunity to tell their stories to the world
Address: www.irinnews.org/webspecials/voices/default.asp

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