http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/keyword/truth-commissions Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Sun, 07 Jun 2026 22:41:01 -0400 Sun, 07 Jun 2026 22:41:01 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/399/human-rights-truth-commissions-and-anthropology-in-latin-america By Malissa Candland - As a whole, anthropologists have devoted little effort to studying mass violence and terror and even though they recently have begun embracing it as a legitimate area of study, little anthropological work has been completed (Sanabria 352). Yet systematic violence has been a common theme in much of Latin America and has affected the lives of millions of Latin Americans. By studying the social, political and cultural consequences of this violence on the lives of Latin Americans, anthropologists can inject an important analysis into the origins and consequences of mass violence and how nations and... Wed, 02 Mar 2011 08:56 EST http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/399/human-rights-truth-commissions-and-anthropology-in-latin-america http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1282/justice-evasive-and-amorphous By Harin Song - With mass atrocities ongoing in Darfur and past atrocities yet to be addressed, the question of how to achieve accountability for human rights violations in the context of post-conflict society has never been a more pressing concern. But justice exists in many forms and requires more than, and possibly something other than, the criminal prosecution of perpetrators. Justice can encompass, depend on, and affect other elements, such as political transition, democracy consolidation, institutional reform, long-term human rights protection, judicial capacity-building, and interpersonal reconciliation... Tue, 15 Apr 2008 12:00 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1282/justice-evasive-and-amorphous