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This book has examined Ghana’s NRC through an assessment of its features, competencies and effectiveness. It has also developed general assessment criteria for the impact of truth commissions, addressing gaps in the existing literature. Six main objectives inspired the author’s research.
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For details of this commission, see The United States Institute of Peace. https://www.usip.org/publications/2003/09/commission-inquiry-chile-03. Accessed 25 October 2019.
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See Werle and Vormbaum 2018, pp. 222–223, where they give an overview of truth commissions established in South Korea.
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See the United States Institute of Peace. https://www.usip.org/publications/1999/03/truth-commission-rwanda-99. Accessed 29 October 2019.
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See African Centre for Media Excellence. https://ugandajournalistsresourcecentre.com/overview-of-ugandas-national-transitional-justice-policy/. Accessed 22 December 2019.
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African Union 2019. https://au.int/sites/default/files/documents/36541-doc-au_tj_policy_eng_web.pdf. Accessed 15 October 2019.
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Yankson-Mensah, M. (2020). Conclusion. In: Transitional Justice in Ghana. International Criminal Justice Series, vol 25. T.M.C. Asser Press, The Hague. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6265-379-5_7
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