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Transitional Justice in Ghana - An Appraisal of the National Reconciliation Commission (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2020)
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Transitional Justice in Ghana - An Appraisal of the National Reconciliation Commission (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2020)
Series: International Criminal Justice Series, 25
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This book situates Ghana's truth-telling process, which took place
from 2002 to 2004, within the discourse on the effectiveness of the
different mechanisms used by post-conflict and post-dictatorship
societies to address gross human rights violations. The National
Reconciliation Commission was the most comprehensive transitional
justice mechanism employed during Ghana's transitional process in
addition to amnesties, reparations and minimal institutional
reforms. Due to a blanket amnesty that derailed all prospects of
resorting to judicial mechanisms to address gross human rights
violations, the commission was established as an alternative to
prosecutions. Against this background, the author undertakes a
holistic assessment of the National Reconciliation Commission's
features, mandate, procedure and aftermath to ascertain the
loopholes in Ghana's transitional process. She defines criteria for
the assessment, which can be utilised with some modifications to
assess the impact of other transitional justice mechanisms.
Furthermore, she also reflects on the options and possible setbacks
for future attempts to address the gaps in the mechanisms utilised.
With a detailed account of the human rights violations perpetrated
in Ghana from 1957 to 1993, this volume of the International
Criminal Justice Series provides a useful insight into the factors
that shape the outcomes of transitional justice processes. Given
its combination of normative, comparative and empirical approaches,
the book will be useful to academics, students, practitioners and
policy makers by fostering their understanding of the implications
of the different features of truth commissions, the methods for
assessing transitional justice mechanisms, and the different
factors to consider when designing mechanisms to address gross
human rights violations in the aftermath of a conflict or
dictatorship. Marian Yankson-Mensah is a Researcher and Project
Officer at the International Nuremberg Principles Academy in
Nuremberg, Germany.
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