CONTENTS SUMMARY ...................................................................................................................5 INTRODUCTION ...........................................................................................................7 PART ONE: TRUTH COMMISSIONS AROUND THE WORLD ..............................................8 Truth commissions established between 1974 and 1995 ..........................................8 Truth commissions established between 1995 and 2001 ..........................................9 Truth commissions established between 2001 and 2004 ..........................................9 Truth commissions established between 2005 and 2010 ........................................10 PART TWO: TRUTH COMMISSIONS, AMNESTY AND PROSECUTIONS ............................11 The practice of truth commissions rejects the granting of amnesty for crimes under international law in connection with truth-seeking processes ........................................12 The practice of truth commissions allows the granting of amnesty in connection with truthseeking processes only when the amnesty excludes crimes under international law .........14 The practice of truth commissions strongly supports the prosecution of crimes under international law......................................................................................................16 ANNEX: AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL’S PUBLICATIONS ON TRUTH COMMISSIONS.........20 Endnotes .............................................................................................................23