One of the major contributions of the Forum, together with the Organ of National Healing Reconciliation and Integration (ONHRI) and Churches and Civil Society (CCSF) was the inclusion of a provision for a National Peace and Reconciliation Commission in the new constitution. The Commission is mandated to bring about national reconciliation by encouraging people to tell the truth about the past, facilitate the making of amends, the provision of justice and also to receive and consider complaints from the public and to take such action in regard to the complaints as the Commission considers appropriate.8 However, few of the powers necessary to accomplish this were included in the constitution. It is against this background that the Forum, together with IJR and THIGJ organised this follow-up International Conference on Transitional Justice under the rubric - Truth, Justice & Reconciliation Commissions: Learning from Best Practices that brought together 75 human rights practitioners, academics, civil society activists and diplomats. The objectives of the conference were: 1. To provide a platform for stakeholders to contribute to the establishment of a credible and effective National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) capable of fulfilling its constitutional mandate. 2. To set out the minimum expectations of the people of Zimbabwe regarding truth, postconflict justice, healing and reconciliation. 3. To provide training for government and CSOs in advocacy, engagement and responses to practical challenges and issues emerging from NPRC. 4. To share experiences and lessons learnt from other countries. The conference methodology included: ► Presentations: Six presentations by former members of truth commissions ► Discussion groups: (pre-defined) division of the participants into separate groups to discuss set topics. Roundtable and plenary discussions to define best practice for Zimbabwe as summarised below. 8 See Constitution of Zimbabwe Chapter 12, Section 253 Truth Commissions: the Best Practices 3