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Truth Recovery Mechanisms in Post-Authoritarian Transitions

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Truth commissions with civil society involvement are more likely to have their recommendations implemented, and since 1974, over 40 truth commissions have been established worldwide, yet fewer than a third of their recommendations are fully enacted.

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When a brutal dictatorship falls, a nation faces an impossible choice: punish every crime and risk tearing itself apart, or forgive and forget and risk a return to violence. How do societies actually navigate this dilemma?