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Showing 1 to 20 of 256 for “"commissions"”.
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The Post-Conflict Reconciliation Process; Truth Commissions
… achieved through criminal prosecutions, truth commissions, reparation programs, and vetting, a truth commission, in particular, has been progressively used in the past decade as one aspect of transitional justice measures. This increase in use illustrates its popularity in handling sensitive …
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Domenico Veneziano and his public commissions in Florence
… four chapters each deal with one of his public commissions. Chapter 2 addresses the fresco cycle in the main chapel of Sant’Egidio, the church of the hospital of Santa Maria Nuova. The third chapter focuses on the Carnesecchi tabernacle, which was at the homonymous Canto (street junction) near …
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Adequacy in Faculty Standards of U.S. Regional Accreditation Commissions
Adequacy of full-time faculty is an indicator utilized by regional accreditors in the United States to ensure quality instruction since studies have shown that a high percentage of contingent faculty may have a negative impact on student performance. U.S. regional accreditors of colleges and …
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How do Truth Commissions try to reconcile a divided Nation?
Este análisis comparativo examina las metodologías y resultados de las Comisiones de la Verdad en dos contextos distintos: La Comisión de la Verdad y Reconciliación en Sudáfrica (TRC) y la Comisión para el Esclarecimiento de la Verdad, la Convivencia y la No Repetición en Colombia (CEV). La …
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Once upon a common good: where have the commissions gone?
Since before Confederation, Royal Commissions on Learning have taken place across Canada in response to a number of challenging issues in education. However, little is known about their current use. This doctoral dissertation examines the role, purpose, aims, and goals of the last two that have …
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Truth And Reconciliation Commissions: The Road To Democracy And Rule Of Law?
<p>TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION COMMISSIONS: THE ROAD TO DEMOCRACY AND RULE OF LAW?</p> <p>by</p> <p>JULIE A. KEIL</p> <p>December 2014</p> <p>Advisor: Dr. Sharon Lean</p> <p>Major: Political Science</p> <p>Degree: Doctor of Philosophy</p> <p>Every year millions of dollars are spent on Truth and …
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TRUTH COMMISSIONS IN TRANSNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE. WORKING THROUGH THE PAST IN CHILE AND ROMANIA
Truth commissions are an active deliberative process. Outgoing and incoming politicians, government and opposition parties, victim’s groups, civil society, human rights organizations, the judiciary, and the media participate in truth commission processes to achieve multiple objectives. What makes …
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An Analysis of Selected Presidential Advisory Commissions on Health Related Problems: 1948-1973
Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-14T06:57:24Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 7616091.pdf: 15465097 bytes, checksum: 46a8e9892eec703088fdcb87451de020 (MD5) Previous issue date: 1976
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Fixing the national security state: commissions and the politics of disaster and reform
In the U.S. federal system, “crisis commissions” are powerful instruments of social learning that actively mediate the politics of disaster and reform. Typically endowed with the legal authority to establish causes of dramatic policy failures and make recommendations to prevent their recurrence, …
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Televising truth commissions: the interaction between television, perpetrators, and political transition in South Africa
… in television broadcast coverage of truth commissions within politically transitioning societies, particularly how these discourses may influence the perceptions and experience of transition out of conflict. It focuses on the narratives constructed around apartheid-era perpetrators who …
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The behavior of regulatory commissions: a case study of the Virginia State Corporation Commission
… carried out primarily by independent regulatory commissions. Though created to deal with problems which the courts and legislature had previously been at a loss to solve, the commission form of regulation has not been very successful. Students of regulation are in general agreement that …
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Truth, trauma and memory a critical analysis of truth commissions with specific reference to Liberia
… to explore the promises and limitations of truth commissions - with specific refererence to the truth commission established in Liberia - through a deconstruction and discussion of their central elements: truth, testimony, history and reconciliation. The paper will contest the notion posited in …
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THE CATALOG OF AMERICAN WIND SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA COMMISSIONS UNDER ROBERT AUSTIN BOUDREAU FROM 1957 TO 2019
The American Wind Symphony Orchestra (AWSO) commissioned over 400 works from 1957 to 2019 under the direction of Robert Austin Boudreau with the C. F. Peters Corporation publishing about 200 works. In 2022, Boudreau donated the AWSO works to the University of Maryland Bands and were cataloged by …
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Pianism Reimagined: an analytical inquiry of left-hand piano through the career and commissions of Paul Wittgenstein
… for the composers he approached. His career and commissions construct a consequential portrait of the rarefied art of left-hand piano championed by Wittgenstein, depict the demands of this type of performance and the delineate the impact of his disability on his public reception in the early to …
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Truth Commissions: Did the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission serve the purpose for which it was established?
… some prosecuted and others instituted truth commissions. This research paper focuses on truth commissions. The research focuses particularly on the study of the South African Truth Commission. The mandate of the South African Truth Commission is analysed and the investigation into whether the …
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The role and effectiveness of National Human Rights Commissions in advancing domestic implementation of socio-economic rights in Commonwealth Africa
… is unquestionable.National Human Rights Commissions (NHRCs) are uniquely relevant to advance state implementation of socio-economic rights. These institutions function in most Commonwealth African states, yet contemporary scholarship has hardly noticed the relevance and practical efforts …
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Truth in the time of tumult: tracing the role of official 'truth-seeking' commissions of inquiry in South Africa, from Sharpeville to Marikana
… functions traditionally associated with Truth Commissions, in the field of Transitional Justice, and more particularly with South Africa's TRC. This ambiguity in the Marikana Commission's function points to the larger issue that this thesis addresses – the ambiguity in the exact role and …
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