Priscilla Hayner has received degrees from Earlham College and the School of International and Public Affairs at

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. She is best known for her expertise on truth commissions and transitional justice, and has focused her work on official truth-seeking measures in political transitions around the world. Hayner has worked as a consultant at the Ford Foundation and the Office of the

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High Commissioner for Human Rights. She also served as a program officer for the Joyce Mertz-Gilmore Foundation, where she focused on international

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and global security. In 2001, she co-founded the International Center for Transitional Justice (ICTJ), an international human rights NGO. She directed this organization’s work on

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, and a number of other countries. Hayner has written widely on the subject of truth-seeking. In 2001 she published the book ''Unspeakable Truths: Confronting State Terror and Atrocity'', examining the work of over 20 truth commissions worldwide. She has further shared her expertise on multiple broadcasts, including BBC Northern Ireland Radio,

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, NPR, SABC in

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, and STAR Radio and UNMIL Radio in

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."Distinguished Lecture Series"
, ''Institute for Peace & Justice''

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