Centre for Human Rights and Restorative Justice (CHRRJ)’s Book Launch (Hybrid Format)
LRW 2001
25/01/2024, 1:00 pm - TO 25/01/2024 - 3:30 pm
Organizer: Centre for Human Rights and Restorative Justice (CHRRJ)
Book Launch & Discussion
“Truth Commissions and State Building,” edited by Dr. Bonny Ibhawoh, Dr. Jasper Ayelazuno and Dr. Sylvia Bawa, published by McGill-Queens University Press, 2023.
“Truth Commissions and State Building” presents the first comparative study of the role of Truth Commissions in state building. It examines truth commissions as mechanisms for civic inclusion, identity formation, institutional reform, and nation (re)building in post-conflict and post-authoritarian societies. More than just an opportunity to uncover fact after conflict, truth commissions can also offer restorative power to nations across the globe. This book emerged from a series of conferences organized by the Centre for Human Rights and Restorative Justice (CHRRJ). Chapters of the book draw on data from the Participedia Project and the Truth Commissions Report Database of the Confronting Atrocity Project, which is housed in the Centre for Human Rights and Restorative Justice.