Commissioning justice
Truth commissions and criminal justice
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par l'ex-Président, ses co-auteurs et/ou complices), 1990; El Salvador: Commission
of Truth (Comisión de la Verdad), 1991; Germany: Commission of Inquiry on
Working through the History and Consequences of the SED Dictatorship in Germany
(Enquete-Kommission ‘Aufarbeitung von Geschichte und Folgen des SED-Diktatur
in Deutschaland’), 1992; Germany: Commission of Inquiry on Overcoming the
Consequences of the SED Dictatorship in the Process of German Unity (EnqueteKommission ’Uberwindung der Folgen des SED-Diktatur im Prozeß der deutschen
Einheit’), 1995; Haiti: National Commission for Truth and Justice (Commission
Nationale de Vérité et de Justice), 1995.
TRUTH COMMISSIONS ESTABLISHED BETWEEN 1995 AND 2001 (10)
Sri Lanka: three regional Commissions of Inquiry into the Involuntary Removal or
Disappearance of Persons (Western, Southern and Sabaragamuwa Provinces;
Central, North Western, North Central and Uva Provinces; Northern & Eastern
Provinces), 1994;1 South Africa: Truth and Reconciliation Commission, 1995;
Ecuador: Truth and Justice Commission (Comisión Verdad y Justicia), 1996;
Guatemala: Commission for Historical Clarification (Comisión para el
Esclarecimiento Histórico), 1997; Nigeria: Judicial Commission of Inquiry for the
Investigation of Human Rights Violations, 1999; Republic of Korea: Presidential
Truth Commission on Suspicious Deaths, 2000; Sierra Leone: Truth and
Reconciliation Commission, 2000; Uruguay: Peace Commission (Comisión para la
Paz), 2000; Panama: Truth Commission (Comisión de la Verdad), 2001; Federal
Republic of Yugoslavia: Truth and Reconciliation Commission (Komisija za istinu I
pomirenje), 2001.
TRUTH COMMISSIONS ESTABLISHED BETWEEN 2001 AND 2004 (11)
Peru: Truth and Reconciliation Commission (Comisión de la Verdad y
Reconciliación), 2001; Timor Leste: Commission for Reception, Truth and
Reconciliation (Comissão de Acolhimento, Verdade e Reconciliação, CAVR), 2001;
Grenada: Truth and Reconciliation Commission, 2001; Ghana: National
Reconciliation Commission, 2002; Algeria: Ad Hoc Inquiry Commission in Charge of
the Question of Disappearances (Commission d’Enquête ad hoc chargée de la
question des disparus), 2003; Chile: National Commission on Political
Imprisonment and Torture (Comisión Nacional sobre Prisión Política y Tortura),
2003; Paraguay: Truth and Justice Commission (Comisión de Verdad y Justicia),
2003; Morocco: Equity and Reconciliation Commission (Instance Equité et
Réconciliation), 2004; Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC): Truth and
Reconciliation Commission (Commission vérité et réconciliation), 2004; Burundi
National Truth and Reconciliation Commission (Commission Nationale pour la
Vérité et Réconciliation), 2004 (not appointed); Indonesia: Truth and Reconciliation
Commission (Komisi Kebenaran dan Rekonsiliasi, KKR), 2004 (not appointed).
The 2004 Truth and Reconciliation Commission of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) was the
first commission to operate in a country where the ICC was conducting an investigation.
Index: POL 30/004/2010
Amnesty International April 2010