With the Agreement for Lasting Peace through the Permanent Cessation of Hostilities, the parties committed to an immediate and permanent end to hostilities, the restoration of constitutional order in Tigray, the disarmament and reintegration of TPLF combatants, and the protection of civilians and human rights. The agreement guarantees unhindered humanitarian access, the return and reintegration...
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View AllThe Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission of Togo (2009-2012) was tasked with investigating politically motivated violence and human rights violations from 1958 until the 2005 election. The commission involved representatives from all areas of civil society in contributing to an accurate account of events.
In January 2021, the South Sudanese government decided to proceed with its obligations under the 2018 Agreement for the Resolution of Conflict in South Sudan to establish the Commission for Truth, Reconciliation and Healing. According to its founding legislation, the commission is tasked with investigating human rights abuses and causes of conflict, creating an accurate and impartial historical record, identifying perpetrators of human rights abuses, recording the experiences of victims and developing detailed reports for recommendations and findings.
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Sierra Leone (2000-2004) was tasked with investigating violations and abuses of human rights from the 1991 armed conflict until the signing of the Lomé Peace Agreement in 1999. The commission aimed to investigate key events during that period and patterns of human rights violations while restoring dignity to victims of the abuses by conducting private interviews. Additionally, the commissioners were to have access to all necessary resources that they could need for the process.
The Truth, Reconciliation and National Unity Commission (2018-2022) was mandated to investigate and create an accurate public record of human rights abuses related to the 1977 coup d’état in Seychelles and its aftermath. The commission’s investigations revealed deaths, unlawful killings and other human rights violations related to the coup and committed in the following years during the imposition of a one-party state, which was in place for 43 years until 1993.
The National Unity and Reconciliation Commission of Rwanda was originally founded on 3 December 1999. The commission states that it was formed in response to the 1994 genocide and aimed to foster national unity and reconciliation following that period in Rwandan history. According to its founding legislation, the commission sought to establish systems that would strengthen national unity and reconciliation and educate citizens on the mechanisms to foster national unity and reconciliation. The commission was also tasked with researching, organising and disseminating ideas via national publications to promote peace and unity and to discourage division or intolerance among citizens. It was mandated to produce annual reports and ensure that public institutions, leaders and citizens were following policies created to foster national unity and reconciliation.
The final report of the Human Rights Violations Investigation Commission, also known as the Oputa Panel, was not published but unofficially released in 2015. The original report ordered an investigation into military rule that began in 1966 and lasted until 1999 when the country returned to democratic rule. The mandate also sought to acknowledge Nigeria’s past abuses and begin a process to compensate for injustices.
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View AllEgypt’s first Fact-Finding Commission, established in 2012 by then President Mohamed Morsi, was charged with gathering information and evidence about the killing and injury of demonstrators between 25 January 2011 and 30 June 2012, which included reviewing measures taken by the executive and the extent to which it cooperated with judicial authorities.
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On 30 June 1974, President Idi Amin passed Presidential Legal Notice No. 2., the Commission of Inquiry Act (Charter, 1974), to establish the Commission of Inquiry into the Disappearances of People in Uganda since January 25, 1971. It was alleged that a number of Ugandan citizens had disappeared in Uganda after the military coup that...
Following the 1986 coup by the National Resistance Army (NRA), the group’s leader Yoweri Kaguta Museveni became president of Uganda. Museveni established the Commission of Inquiry into Violations of Human Rights (CIVHR) as his first action to address 24 years of gross human rights violations inflicted on Ugandan people by past regimes. The Commission of...
The Truth, Reconciliation and National Unity Commission (TRNUC) was established by the Truth, Reconciliation and National Unity Commission Act of 2018 under then President Danny Faure. The commission, which ran from 2018 to 2022, was mandated to investigate and create an accurate public record of human rights abuses related to the 1977 coup d’état and...