Dealing with the Past
This Autumn edition of our newsletter is devoted to our recent seminar on 'Dealing with the Past'. It contains papers by the three speakers, Andrew Rigby, Roberta Bacic and William Saa (all revised since they were distributed before the seminar) and a report of the seminar itself.
Three contrasting approaches for 'Dealing with the Past': collective amnesia, retributive justice and prioritising truth
Dr Andrew Rigby, Professor of Peace Studies and Director of the Centre for Forgiveness and Reconciliation at Coventry University, provides here a brief overview of the main options facing regimes seeking to deal constructively with the legacy of past abuses
Truth commissions: One option when dealing with the recent past in countries that have endured war or dictatorships
Roberta Bacic, a Chilean working for War Resisters International, provides more information about truth commissions as a way of dealing with the past
Approaches to dealing with trauma caused by war and political repression
William Saa, 2002 International Fellow at Responding to Conflict, reflects on his experience of a Trauma Healing and Reconciliation Project following the Civil War in Liberia
Dealing With The Past: Seminar Report
Report of a CCTS seminar held on 17th October 2002 at The Meeting Place, Drummond Street, London NW1
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