Nt1310 Unit 2 Journal

1. One word I encountered that I didn’t know (and what it means):
One term that I came across that I did not know was vetted. After researching the word I found that it meant, “investigate (someone) thoroughly, especially in order to ensure that they are suitable for a job requiring secrecy, loyalty, or trustworthiness” as defined by Dictionary.com. This gave me a better understanding of how Liberia decided that their commissioners appointed would be decided by a broad selection panel to ensure that the committee members agreed that the person was fit for the job.
2. Main argument of this article: The main argument of the article was to explain to the reader a how a truth commission was formed, and broke it down step-by-step explaining how it was started, and ending with outside factors that could be problematic during the trials. Hayner broke down how truth commissions were started, and went into detail also explaining the selection process for adding a person onto the committee. She followed up with explaining how long the truth commissions lasted for, and how these trials were funded. The article transitioned to the next phase of the truth commissions, which defined certain parameters such as what information would be recorded and how much evidence what needed for someone to be found guilty. The final portion of the article
It was interesting to think how dangerous having truth commissions were since the people being tried still had connections to their superiors. The article explained how in certain situations, the truth commotions were forced to be private, in order to keep those associated with the trial