Name:
Priscilla Hayner

Organisation:
International Center for Transitional Justice

Web address:
http://www.ictj.org

Areas of Professional Interest: Priscilla Hayner is a co-founder of the International Center for Transitional Justice and directs its work on Sierra Leone, Peru, Ghana, and a number of other countries. An expert on truth commissions and transitional justice initiatives around the world, she has written widely on the subject of official truth-seeking in political transitions. She is the author of Unspeakable Truths (Routledge, 2001), which explores the work of over 20 truth commissions worldwide. Prior to joining the ICTJ, she was a consultant to the Ford Foundation, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, and numerous other organizations.  Priscilla Hayner was previously a program officer on international human rights and world security for the Joyce Mertz-Gilmore Foundation in New York. She holds degrees from Earlham College and the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University.

Publications: Unspeakable Truths (Routledge, 2001)

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