Sierra Leone Truth and Reconciliation Commission

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The Truth and Reconciliation Commission for Sierra Leone or The Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) was a truth commission in Sierra Leone, West Africa . It was founded on 7 July 1999 by the signature of President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah and rebel leader Foday Sankoh as part of the Lomé Peace Agreement . The TRC should deal with the civil war in Sierra Leone between 1991 and 2002.

The aim was to obtain an "impartial historical record of violations and abuses of human rights and international human rights laws during the armed conflict in Sierra Leone, from the beginning of the conflict in 1991 to the signing of the peace agreement" and "impunity, response to needs." of victims, promoting healing and reconciliation and preventing a recurrence of the injuries and abuses suffered ”. In contrast to the Special Court for Sierra Leone , the TRC did not have the right to judge acts and perpetrators or to develop its own opinion.

Bishop Joseph Christian Humper chaired the meeting .

The commission was operational from November 2002 to October 2004. Initially, individual statements were recorded across the country before public hearings were held. In 2004 the final report was submitted to the Sierra Leone government and the United Nations Security Council . It contained the names of individual perpetrators and showed ways into the future as part of the “National Vision for Sierra Leone”. The Peace Museum of Sierra Leone is also a result of the TRC. Educational material on the work and the results of the TRC, including for school education, was later developed by the "Truth and Reconciliation Working Group".

literature

  • Kathryn Tätzsch: The Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) in Sierra Leone: dealing with perpetrators and victims using the example of child soldiers; a contribution to peacebuilding? State and University Library Hamburg, Hamburg 2001. ( further information )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The Truth and Reconciliation Commission Act 2000. Parliament of Sierra Leone, 2000.
  2. ^ National Vision for Sierra Leone. TRC. Retrieved December 20, 2018.
  3. ↑ Popular Reports. TRC. Retrieved December 19, 2018.