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Die globale Verbreitung von Wahrheitskommissionen als Instrument der Transitional Justice

Genese, Entwicklung, Verbreitung

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Wahrheitskommissionen haben in den vergangenen rund dreißig Jahren eine bemerkenswerte internationale Karriere aufzuweisen gehabt. Sie haben sich dabei von einer der wichtigsten Innovationen im gesellschaftlichen Umgang mit historischem Unrecht zu einem globalen Aufarbeitungsstandard entwickelt. Bis in die Gegenwart sind Dutzende Wahrheitskommissionen auf fünf Kontinenten eingesetzt worden. Diese Entwicklung ist eng mit derjenigen des Feldes der Transitional Justice verbunden gewesen. Der Beitrag betrachtet die Genese, die Entwicklung und die Verbreitung der Wahrheitskommissionen als zentrales Instrument von Transitional Justice.

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  1. Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Deutschland

    Anne K. Krüger

  2. Universität Bern, Bern, Schweiz

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Krüger, A.K., Scheuzger, S. (2015). Die globale Verbreitung von Wahrheitskommissionen als Instrument der Transitional Justice. In: Mihr, A., Pickel, G., Pickel, S. (eds) Handbuch Transitional Justice. Springer NachschlageWissen. Springer VS, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-02994-4_17-1

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