Truth and Reconciliation Commission Processes - Learning from the Solomon Islands Brouneus KarenPevná vazba
Truth and Reconciliation Commission Processes - Learning from the Solomon Islands Brouneus KarenPevná vazba After war, does truth telling lead to more peaceful attitudes between former enemies?…
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Truth and Reconciliation Commission Processes - Learning from the Solomon Islands Brouneus KarenPevná vazba
After war, does truth telling lead to more peaceful attitudes between former enemies? Focusing on the Solomon Islands TRC process, one of the least known or studied TRC processes in the world, and using surveys, focus groups and in depth interviews, the book reveals some critical issues for peacebuilding. This book is the first to study the over-time effect of a Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) process on people's attitudes towards peace.
The book shows that the ex-combatants did not feel safe to tell the truth in the TRC and had therefore decided beforehand what to say in the hearings. For example, while support of the TRC was consistently quite strong over the two years of the study, there was a sharp decline in trust in the process as well as a significant increase in distrust and suspicion towards ex-combatants over the two-year period. A systematic telling of untruths