Local Evaluations of Justice through Truth Telling in Sierra Leone: Postwar Needs and Transitional Justice

Human Rights Review

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 515-535

  Millar, Gearoid ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Economic rights; Postwar peacebuilding; Sierra Leone; Transitional justice; Truth commissions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855877026     PISSN: 15248879     EISSN: 18746306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12142-011-0195-x     Document Type: Article

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