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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.

Burundi: the commission of divided truths

Burundi: the commission of divided truths

Its detractors blame its composition, mandate and way of working, starting with the selective exhumations carried out throughout the country. Established in 2014 and extended for four years in 2018, Burundi's Truth and Reconciliation Commission is under fire from critics.

By Ephrem Rugiririza

Gambia’s Truth Commission and Yahya Jammeh’s witch hunters

The Seychelles Truth Commission hears about the 1977 coup

Gambia: Witnesses testify of rape by Yahya Jammeh

Manzoor Pashteen: For a Truth Commission in Pakistan

Gambia’s TRRC hears about sexual violence and torture against women

Gambia: top leader in 1994 coup admits to murder

Raw truth of Swiss administrative detention finally made public

The selective memory of Gambia’s former vice-president

Gambia: I betrayed the students injured by gunshots, confesses Dr Jallow

Central Africans discretely consulted on Truth Commission

Finland to set up Truth Commission for the Sami people

Gambia: twenty years later, student victims are still crying out for justice

Tunisia's Truth Commission vs France, the IMF and World Bank

Anger flares at the release of Gambia’s confessed killers

Gambia’s full terror exposed before the TRRC

Gambia: “The media was the most persecuted institution under Jammeh”

Will Fatou Bensouda face the Truth Commission in Gambia?

Key junta member Touray puts Gambia's truth commission to the test