Considering Truth. Dealing with a Legacy of Gross Human Rights Violations

Bibliographic Data

ID12188478
AuthorsMichelle Parlevliet (0000-0002-7241-0303, corresponding author)
Year1998
Volume16
Issue2
Pages141-174
Publication date1998-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueNetherlands Quarterly of Human Rights (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0924-0519 • E-ISSN: 2214-7357
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/092405199801600203
OpenAlexW2776871217
LanguageEN
Citations received12

In our exploration of the theme of dealing with the past, we must pause and ask ourselves hard questions. Why do we feel compelled to deal with the past? What do we hope to achieve at the end of the day? An appeasement of our embittered history? What would constitute such an appeasement? The truth? Whose truth? Truth about what? 1

Appeasement · Human rights · Political science · Politics · Theme (computing · Computer Science · Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics · Law · Psychology