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Truth Commissions

In search of the causes of violence, listening to the victims

Truth commissions in the field of transitional justice are pillars in the quest for truth in societies that have decided to confront dark periods of their history, whether after a conflict, a dictatorship, or specific crimes committed, for example, against an indigenous population. Justice Info covers truth commissions when they play a significant role in addressing the most serious crimes of the past.

Scars haunt Colombian rebels as they disarm

Scars haunt Colombian rebels as they disarm

Jair's missing right leg reminds him of many things: the heavy price he paid for fighting in the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia and the pain he inflicted on others. The 25-year-old guerrilla came of age in the FARC, which he believed was fighting to create a more just Colombia. Now, the Marxist rebels are […]

By AFP

Report on Truth Commissions and Corporate Complicity

Report on Truth Commissions and Corporate Complicity

Week in Review: New technology and old hopes for transitional justice

Burkina Faso still awaiting justice for Sankara and Zongo murders

Week in Review: Looking back in Nepal and Bosnia, ICC trying to look forward

Week in Review: Tears for Tunisia and the ICC, money for the CAR

Anger and tears as Tunisians relive torture years

Tunisia still waiting to get Ben Ali clan funds back from Switzerland

Burundi accuses Belgium and France as UN launches human rights investigation

“Tunisia must work on tracking assets abroad”, says ICTJ expert

Damning report says Syria situation should be referred to ICC

Tunisia: the price of economic reconciliation in the transitional justice process.

Rethinking a Truth Commission in Colombia

Eritrea Should Be Subject to International investigation, Says UN Commission

Women Victims Step Up As Tunisia Truth Commission Deadline Nears

Myanmar’s transition and the prognosis for reform of the justice sector

Should war wrimes investigations be privatized?

Current Burundi Context “Not Conducive to Truth Commission”, says ex-President

Radio Ndeke Luka Correspondent Attacked by Rebels in the Central African Republic