SUOČAVANJE S LOŠOM PROŠLOŠĆU: TREBA LI SRBIJI I CRNOJ GORI KOMISIJA ZA ISTINU?
DEALING WITH THE BAD PAST: DOES SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO NEED A TRUTH COMMISSION?

Author(s): Nenad Dimitrijević
Subject(s): Politics, Sociology, Nationalism Studies, Transformation Period (1990 - 2010), Post-Communist Transformation, Politics of History/Memory
Published by: CEDET Centar za demokratsku tranziciju
Keywords: truth commission; responsibility; justice; a crime
Summary/Abstract: The paper is divided into three parts. The first part describes the typical characteristics of truth commissions, based on a comparative insight into the experiences of countries that have had such bodies. The second part analyzes the question of justifying the need for a commission. This review is divided into two sections. In the first, the general legitimacy matrix of the truth commission is outlined. In the second section, these general legitimacy arguments are confronted with the specificities of the political and cultural context in Serbia and Montenegro, in an effort to explain and justify the need for a truth commission in our country. The third part offers a brief sketch of possible concrete solutions for a possible future commission.

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