What can reasonably be expected from a truth commission: A preliminary examination of East timorese views

Peace and Conflict

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 369-393

  Mullet, Etienne ^a   Neto, Felix ^b   Pinto, Maria da Conceicao ^b  

^a Institute of Advanced Studies   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN RIGHTS; KNOWLEDGE;

ASIA; EURASIA; LESSER SUNDA ISLANDS; MALAY ARCHIPELAGO; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SUNDA ISLES; TIMOR; TIMOR-LESTE;

EID: 55149124205     PISSN: 10781919     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10781910802240717     Document Type: Article

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