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The Dynamics of Truth Commissions in Reconciling Post-Conflict Societies

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South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission (1996-2002) was unique in granting amnesty to individuals who made full public disclosure of their politically motivated crimes, often allowing perpetrators and victims to face each other.

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When a country tears itself apart, how can its people ever sit in the same room again? Truth commissions have taken on this impossible task—and their results are both hopeful and troubling.