Truth Commissions and Courts

William A. Schabas is Professor of Human Rights Law at the National University of Ireland, Galway and Director of the Irish Centre for Human Rights. His numerous publications include Genocide in International Law (2000), The Abolition of the Death Penalty in International Law (third edition, 2003) and An Introduction to the International Criminal Court (second edition, 2004). He served as an international commissioner on the Sierra Leone Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Shane Darcy is a research associate at the Irish Centre for Human Rights at the National University of Ireland, Galway, from where he holds an LL.M in International Human Rights Law. He is the author of several journal articles and is currently Managing Editor of Criminal Law Forum.

• A Synergistic Relationship: The Sierra Leone Truth and Reconciliation Commission and the Special Court for Sierra Leone.- The Contribution of the Peruvian Truth and Reconciliation Commission to Prosecutions.- The Inter-Relationship Between the Guatemalan Commission for Historical Clarification and the Search for Justice in National Courts.- The Salvadoran Truth Commission and the Search for Justice.- An Overview of Ghana's National Reconciliation Commission and its Relationship with the Courts.- Justice and Reconciliation in East Timor. The Relationship Between the Commission for Reception, Truth and Reconciliation and the Courts.- Initial Truth Establishment by Transitional Bodies and the Fight Against Denial.- Whose Truth? Objective Truth and a Challenge for History.- Truth, Law and Official Denial: The Case of Bloody Sunday.