'The Cooling of Hearts': Community Truth-Telling in Northern Uganda

Human Rights Review

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 107-124

  Anyeko, Ketty ^a   Baines, Erin ^b   Komakech, Emon ^a   Ojok, Boniface ^a   Owor Ogora, Lino ^a   Victor, Letha ^c  

^a Justice and Reconciliation Project   (Uganda)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Community based transitional justice; Lord's Resistance Army; Northern Uganda; Truth telling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865882275     PISSN: 15248879     EISSN: 18746306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12142-011-0202-2     Document Type: Article

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