Search for dissertations about: "truth commissions"

Found 5 swedish dissertations containing the words truth commissions.

2. 1. Justice and Politics : On the Depoliticization of Justice Claims in the Work of Truth Commissions

   Author : Alexandra Lebedeva; Helen Andersson; Elena Namli; Jaana Hallamaa; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Arendt; Derrida; depoliticization; Foucault; human rights; justice; Morocco’s Equity and Reconciliation Commission; restorative justice; Ricœur; testimony; transitional justice; truth; truth commissions; Etik; Ethics;

   Abstract : Truth commissions have become a widespread and normalized institutions for addressing past human rights violations. One of the central ideas behind the concept of truth commissions is that it is necessary to establish the truth about the past and allow victims to speak publicly about the violations to which they have been exposed. READ MORE

4. 2. Rethinking Reconciliation : Concepts, Methods, and an Empirical Study of Truth Telling and Psychological Health in Rwanda

   Author : Karen Brounéus; Peter Wallensteen; Erik Melander; Ervin Staub; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : Peace and conflict research; reconciliation; truth commissions; truth telling; peacebuilding; internal conflict; security; witnessing; psychological health; Rwanda; Freds- och konfliktforskning;

   Abstract : This dissertation combines psychology with peace and conflict research in a cross-disciplinary approach to reconciliation processes after intrastate armed conflict. Two overarching contributions are made to the field of reconciliation research. The first is conceptual and methodological. READ MORE

5. 3. Games of Justice: Ethnographic Inquiries on Space, Subjectivity and Law in Northern Kurdistan

   Author : Cansu Bostan; Rättssociologiska institutionen; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Law and justice; Spatialization; Truth-subjectivity regime; Game of truth; Becomings; Ethnography; Amed; Northern Kurdistan;

   Abstract : This study presents an ethnographic exploration of subjective experiences relying on different historicizations and the ways they inform the connections between law and justice in Northern Kurdistan. By analyzing law and justice as ethnographic objects whose forms and functions are contingent upon being named and attributed meanings, inquiries focus on various historicizations/spatializations in Northern Kurdistan to understand: i) the modern spatiotemporal boundaries of the Turkish nation-state, its law and justice narratives, ii) experiences informing justice aspirations and their translations into the experience-distant language of state law, and iii) appearing/disappearing mechanisms attributed justness and functions of legality beyond the state law. READ MORE

6. 4. True and false intentions: Can the concept of "episodic future thoughts" help to discriminate?

   Author : Melanie Knieps; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; deception detection; true and false intentions; criminal intentions; episodic future thoughts; repeated interviews; unanticipated questions; consistency;

   Abstract : In legal settings it is important to be able to assess the veracity of statements provided by suspects, witnesses and alleged victims. This is why there is a large body of literature on deception detection (Vrij 2008; Granhag & Strömwall, 2004). READ MORE

7. 5. True and false intentions: Mental images of the future

   Author : Melanie Knieps; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; deception; episodic future thinking; mental images; true and false intentions;

   Abstract : Being able to detect deception about future actions is of clear societal value. At its best, it could prevent crimes before they happen. This is why research has begun to study how to assess the veracity of statements about future events. READ MORE