Holding truth commission
- Setting up truth commission
Description
Holding a truth commission involves establishing an official, independent body to investigate and document past human rights abuses or injustices. Its core purpose is to uncover facts, acknowledge victims’ experiences, and recommend remedies such as reparations, institutional reforms, or prosecutions. This strategy aims to promote accountability, foster reconciliation, and prevent recurrence of abuses by providing a transparent process for truth-telling and addressing systemic problems within affected societies.
Implementation
The South African Government set up a truth commission to uncover the crimes of apartheid and begin to compensate victims of repression.
Claim
Past and buried gross injustices need to be uncovered so that justice and healing can prevail.
Counter-claim
A truth commission may backfire and become a witch-hunt.
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Database
Global strategies
Type
(D) Detailed strategies
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Language
English
1A4N
J7410
DOCID
12074100
D7NID
221060
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Official link
Last update
Dec 3, 2024