In a sweeping review of forty truth commissions priscilla hayner delivers a definitive . In a sweeping review of forty truth commissions priscilla hayner delivers a definitive exploration of the global experience in official truth seeking after widespread atrocities when unspeakable truths was first published in 2001 it quickly became a classic helping to define the field of truth commissions and the broader arena of transitional justice this second edition is fully updated . Unspeakable truths is the most up to date comprehensive and comparative study of truth commissions providing to governments and human rights organizations interested in official truth telling a complete guide to the many topics that need to be kept in mind in establishing a truth commission also unspeakable truths is very. When unspeakable truths was first published in 2001 it quickly became a classic helping to define the field of truth commissions and the broader arena of transitional justice this second edition is fully updated and expanded covering twenty new commissions formed in the last ten years analyzing new trends and offering detailed charts that . In a sweeping review of forty truth commissions priscilla hayner delivers a definitive