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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.

Enforced disappearances in The Gambia - Photos of people who disappeared during Yahya Jammeh's reign.
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The disappeared in The Gambia, a missing investigation

In its recently disclosed implementation plan, the Gambian government says it will set up a task force to complete and expand the work accomplished by the Truth commission on enforced disappearances. Four cases involving five individuals were left “unresolved” by the Commission. And there may be more. Victims’ families are in limbo. Will the task […]
By Mariam Sankanu (our correspondent in Banjul)
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Transitional justice in The Gambia - President Adama Barrow has published a plan to implement the recommendations of the Truth Commission.

Is The Gambia a step closer to moving on with trials and reparations?

Justice for Aboriginal people in Australia - Shane Patton, Victoria's Chief Commissioner, admits the injustices still faced by Indigenous Peoples.

Yoorrook Commission: “It takes the death of an Aboriginal” to reform laws

Aboriginal children in Australia - Yoorrook Commission reveals alarming colonization figures

Yoorrook commission: the government admits “a shameful system”

Colonization - Belgium - Congo

Belgian colonial past: "This issue will come back and demand to be tackled”

Sihem Bensedrine, the former president of the Truth and Dignity Commission (IVD), is being prosecuted for

In Tunisia, the "falsified" report that threatens transitional justice

Indigenous peoples of Norway - Sami activists demonstrate in Oslo

Truth and reconciliation in Norway amidst a crisis of trust

Inscription on a portal (in Arabic and French):

Adel Maizi: "Remembrance isn’t just about the past, it helps build the future"

Aboriginal Children of Australia - Ballarat Orphanage

Yoorrook Truth-Commission: Cold light on the child protection system

Women whose relatives have been victims of violence in the Central African Republic

Central African Republic: Truth Commission struggles to get off the ground

Eleanor A. Bourke, Chair of the Yoorrook Justice Commission in Australia.

Continued violence of colonisation exposed before Australia’s Yoorrook Commission

Belgian Colonial Past - Black and white photo in which King Baudouin and Queen Fabiola of Belgium are sitting on armchairs carried by Congolese in traditional dress.

Belgian colonial past: Commission fails on apology to victims

An installation in memory of the victims of the La Gabarra massacre in Colombia: a colorful spiral made of candles, flowers and sheets of paper on which the names of the victims have been written.

Colombia: the truths that the former FARC are reluctant to own up to

Gambian President Adama Barrow sits in a chair at an international diplomatic event. In the foreground: a small flag of Gambia.

Gambia: hope for justice fades 9 months after the Truth Commission report

Ensa Badgie prepares to testify (book in hand) at a Gambia Truth Commission (TRCC) hearing, next to an employee

Gambia: Suspect officials remain, as government stalls on TRC recommendations

President Iván Duque stands in front of Truth Commission chairman father Francisco de Roux. They exchange a document (defence sector's truth report) under the gaze of a military man.

Colombia: new challenges for the military who don’t admit to their crimes

Father Francisco de Roux reads the report in Bogota.

The Truth Commission’s message to Colombia

Gambian Justice Minister Dawda Jallow speaks during a press conference on the Trutch Commission's report

Gambia validates Truth Commission's work and promises justice

Alejandro Valencia and Carlos Ospina speak about the truth in Colombia

Colombia: Tensions rise ahead of the Truth Commission’s report