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Truth Commissions and Criminal Prosecutions: Complementary or Conflicting?

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In South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission, amnesty was granted to perpetrators who told the full truth, but this often prevented their criminal prosecution—a trade-off that still sparks debate.

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After a brutal dictatorship or civil war, how does a society confront the horrors of the past? Some nations choose trials, others choose truth-telling—but what happens when they choose both?