A substantial portion of the assets recovered by this process should be devoted to compensating individuals and communities harmed by past human rights abuses. All these Commissions must be given an explicit mandate to recommend measures aimed at redressing socio-economic injustices of the colonial and post-colonial periods. The new Government must immediately establish a reparations fund to compensate victims of human rights abuses. Concerted efforts must be made to tap all possible sources of local and international finance for this fund, including assets recovered by the Economic Crime Commission. If financially feasible, full compensation should be paid to those who suffered the greatest harm as a result of grave human rights abuses, and some more limited compensation should be paid to other victims. The fund should also be used to establish local development projects in areas particular badly affected by past human rights abuses. All victims must be provided with free and proper health care and social support to deal with the lifetime disability that can arise from violations of their human rights. Future human rights abuses The decades of conflict and abuses human rights abuses have badly weakened the institutions that should provide protection against human rights abuses and provide remedies for those harmed by human rights abuses. xiii