Liberia's Truth Commission report: economic, social and cultural rights in transitional justice
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Etat: Public
Version: Final published version
Etat: Public
Version: Final published version
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serval:BIB_AD1FF4FD0792
Type
Article: article d'un périodique ou d'un magazine.
Collection
Publications
Institution
Titre
Liberia's Truth Commission report: economic, social and cultural rights in transitional justice
Périodique
PRAXIS: the Fletcher journal of human security
ISSN
1041-9802
Statut éditorial
Publié
Date de publication
2009
Volume
24
Pages
5-28
Langue
anglais
Résumé
In early 2009, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Liberia (TRC) released the first volume of its final report. The report claims that the root causes of the civil war that devastated Liberia between 1989 and 2003 were poverty, corruption, and inequality. Despite this diagnosis, the Commission's legal analysis of past abuses barely touches upon violations of economic, social, and cultural rights (ESCR). Likewise, many transitional justice processes around the world sideline considerations of ESCR. This article, based on an analysis of the first volume of the final report of the TRC of Liberia, outlines why violations of ESCR should be addressed by transitional justice processes. This paper also provides recommendations for the final two volumes of the report, to be issued in June 2009.
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