ABSTRACT Tactical concessions represent a critical juncture in the process of human rights change; depending on how they are used by autocrats or the opposition, they can either thwart or enable further improvements in human rights. This article argues that some truth commissions, traditionally examined with a transitional justice lens, should instead be considered as tactical concessions. In many ways, the two sets of theorised causal processes overlap significantly. By examining in detail Idi Amin’s 1974 Commission of Inquiry into Disappearances in Uganda – the world’s first (and mostly forgotten) truth commission – this paper explores the features of truth commissions which make thempotential tactical concessions: sites of active contestation between those who wish to advance human rights and those who do not,both domestically and internationally. The Amin caseprovides compelling evidence for both sets of causal processesand offers additional insights into the roles of information control and institutional norms in the spiral model.

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真相委员会作为战术让步：伊迪·阿明（Idi Amin）的奇怪案例

摘要 战术让步是人权变革进程中的一个关键时刻；根据独裁者或反对派如何使用它们，它们可以阻碍或促进人权的进一步改善。本文认为，一些传统上以过渡司法视角审查的真相委员会应被视为战术上的让步。在许多方面，这两组理论化的因果过程显着重叠。通过详细研究 Idi Amin 的 1974 年乌干达失踪调查委员会——世界上第一个（而且几乎被遗忘的）真相委员会——本文探讨了真相委员会的特征，这些特征使它们具有潜在的战术让步：那些希望推进的人之间积极争论的场所人权和那些没有人权的人，在国内和国际上。阿明案例为两组因果过程提供了令人信服的证据，并为螺旋模型中信息控制和制度规范的作用提供了额外的见解。