Fernandez, LovellNjuguna, Patricia Muthoni2018-09-062024-04-022018-12-312024-04-022017https://hdl.handle.net/10566/10365Magister Legum - LLM (Criminal Justice and Procedure)As states continue to rapidly transition from conflict or autocracy to democracy, there has been need to address past gross human rights violations. To address these past egregious violations, transitioning countries often relied on immunities and prosecutions. However, prosecutions and amnesties presented several challenges that necessitated a recourse to truth and reconciliation commissions (hereafter TRCs). Since then, TRCs have evolved to be an essential accountability mechanism in transitional justice.enTruth Commission, Truth Commissioner, Selection, Appointment, Best Practices, Competing interests, Integrity, Impartial, Public participation, Consultative process, RepresentativenessUniversity of the Western Cape