Commission of Inquiry
Definition
A body appointed by a government after a riot or major incident of violence to establish facts and recommend accountability, distinct from a criminal trial.
Related terms
- Caste Atrocity
- A criminal act committed against a member of a Scheduled Caste or Scheduled Tribe because of their caste status, covered by a...
- Communal Riot
- An episode of organised collective violence between groups identified by religion, typically preceded by a precipitating incident, rumour and deliberate mobilisation.
- In-Group Out-Group Conflict
- A social psychological dynamic in which identification with one's own group increases hostility and readiness to act against a group defined as...
- Institutionalised Riot System
- Paul Brass's model describing how certain towns develop a standing network of actors, local politicians, criminal gangs and sympathetic officials, who can...
- Sectarian Conflict
- Organised violence between groups divided along religious or denominational lines, most commonly used for the Protestant-Catholic conflict in Northern Ireland.