[IntLawProfessors] Request for Papers on TRC Implementation Processes

[Tara Melish]

*Implementing Truth and Reconciliation Commission Recommendations: *

*Comparative Lessons for South Korea*

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*Request for Papers*



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.



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.



The collection of these comparative reflections on implementation of TRC
recommendations is aimed at helping to inform the upcoming Korean
implementation process.



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 *New York Conference of Asian Studies *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). Interested authors are asked to submit abstracts to
TRCBaldyCenter at gmail.com by April 4, 2011.


-- 
Tara J. Melish
Associate Professor of Law
Director, Human Rights Center
University at Buffalo Law School, SUNY
525 O'Brian Hall
Buffalo, NY 14260-1100
Office: (716) 645-2257
SSRN author page: http://ssrn.com/author=339807
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