<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"><b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Implementing Truth and Reconciliation Commission Recommendations: </span></b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"><b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Comparative Lessons for South Korea</span></b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"><b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Request for Papers</span></b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">The Baldy Center for Law & Social Policy at the University at Buffalo, in conjunction with the Asian Studies Program and the Buffalo Human Rights Center, invites proposals for papers on national experiences with implementation of Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) recommendations. We particularly invite papers on the recently-concluded TRC process in South Korea. The TRC Korea officially closed its doors at the end of 2010 after more than four years of work, during which time it investigated approximately ten thousand reported cases of human rights violations taking place between 1910 and 1993. Much work lies ahead, however, in order for the Commission’s findings to be sufficiently publicized and its recommendations effectively implemented.</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Within this process, there is much to learn from the comparative experiences of the more than thirty other TRCs that have undertaken work in countries around the world. Such Commissions have taken a diversity of forms, responded to distinct kinds of violence over distinct periods of time, and, given the diversity of approaches taken, had a wide variety of success rates with the implementation of their final recommendations. Paper proposals are sought that seek to document the reasons behind these relative success rates, explaining the distinct approaches taken to implementation, the web of actors involved in the implementation process, and the lessons learned about what worked, what did not work, and how, looking back, the implementation process might have been restructured to achieve better results. </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">The collection of these comparative reflections on implementation of TRC recommendations is aimed at helping to inform the upcoming Korean implementation process. </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">We envision publication of these papers in one or two special issues of a journal or potentially in a book. The papers would be presented in a workshop at the Baldy Center, tentatively scheduled for Thursday, September 15, 2011. The <i>New York Conference of Asian Studies </i><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic">annual meeting is scheduled to begin on Friday, September 16, and workshop participants could potentially attend both events (but note that separate registration would be required).</span> Interested authors are asked to submit abstracts to </span><a href="mailto:TRCBaldyCenter@gmail.com" target="_blank"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt">TRCBaldyCenter@gmail.com</span></a><span style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> by April 4, 201<a name="_GoBack"></a>1.</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></p>
<br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Tara J. Melish<br>Associate Professor of Law<br>Director, Human Rights Center<br>University at Buffalo Law School, SUNY <br>525 O'Brian Hall<br>Buffalo, NY 14260-1100<br>Office: (716) 645-2257<br>
SSRN author page: <a href="http://ssrn.com/author=339807">http://ssrn.com/author=339807</a><br>