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Truth Commissions and International Law: Jurisdiction, Representation, Authority

By Valeria Vazquez Guevara
Coming Soon Cambridge University Press Available July 2026

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ISBN-13
9781009679978
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication
July 2026
Format
Hardback
Jurisdiction
U.K. ? Countri(es) for reference only

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This book examines how truth commissions construct authoritative accounts of conflict, and how they account for the plurality of accounts across affected communities. Vázquez Guevara examines three of the earliest and most influential truth commissions: Argentina (1983–1984), Chile (1990–1991), and El Salvador (1992–1993), and examines how relevant cultural objects support or counter the official account for each. In doing so, she argues that these truth commissions drew on international law to authorise their accounts of violent conflict, and that this had the consequence of privileging an internationally-authorised truth over other truths, whilst simultaneously strengthening the authority of international law over the post-conflict state. By demonstrating how truth commissions turn to international law for authority, the book shows how this produces an official account of past violence and promises of future community, which fundamentally affects how communities live together in the aftermath of violent conflict.

Table of Contents

1. Truth commissions and international law: jurisdiction, representation, authority
2. Invoking the promises of international law
3. Using the language of human rights
4. Linking the 'local' to the 'international'
5. Receiving truth commissions through international law
6. Conclusion: truth commissions and the authority of international law
Select bibliography
Index
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