Truth-Seeking at a Distance: Engaging Diaspora Populations in Transitional Justice Processes

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Author(s): Eric Wiebelhaus-Brahm (Florida State University, USA)
Copyright: 2013
Pages: 14
Source title: Human Rights and Information Communication Technologies: Trends and Consequences of Use
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): John Lannon (University of Limerick, Ireland)and Edward Halpin (Leeds Metropolitan University, UK)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-1918-0.ch005

Keywords: Human Aspects of Technology / Information Science Reference / Social Sciences & Humanities

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The Liberian Truth and Reconciliation Commission (LTRC) was established by the Liberian government in 2005 to “promote national peace, security, unity, and reconciliation.” The LTRC thought it essential to allow Liberians who had fled the conflict to participate in the truth and reconciliation process. As a result, it partnered with a US-based non-governmental organization, The Advocates for Human Rights, to conduct the Diaspora Project. This chapter provides an overview of the Diaspora Project, which enabled Liberians on three continents to give statements to the LTRC. Given the wide dispersion of the Liberian diaspora, the author of this chapter demonstrates how information communication technologies were essential in the success of the Diaspora Project.

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