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.

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"The Seychelles Commission is not a court, it seeks to bridge divisions"

Before being appointed in 2019 as Chairperson of the Truth, Reconciliation and National Unity Commission (TRNUC) in the Seychelles, Australian jurist Gabrielle Louise McIntyre served at the UN Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague and at the Mechanism charged with its residual tasks. Six months after the opening of public hearings, which the […]

By Patsy Athanase