Comisión de la Verdad for El Salvador

The Truth Commission for El Salvador was an organ of the Salvadoran state.

It was convened as a result of the Chapultepec Peace Accords (January to April 1992), which marked the end of the civil war in El Salvador . Her mandate was "to investigate serious violent crimes since 1980, the effects of which on society urgently require public knowledge of the truth".

The chairmen of the commission were the former President of Colombia Belisario Betancur , the Venezuelan Reinaldo Figueredo and the American Thomas Buergenthal . Their appointment was made by the UN Secretariat .

The paper From Madness to Hope. Twelve years of civil war in El Salvador , which appeared soon, documents the testimony of 2,000 witnesses about 7,000–8,000 victims and 23,000 denunciations. From the report, a list of 13,569 investigation cases was drawn up, 32 of which were documented as examples to name the main perpetrators and helpers: the armed forces of El Salvador , the death squads , and the guerrillas of the Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional .

Among these precedents were the case of Óscar Romero , the El Mozote massacre , the six Jesuit monks of the UCA, as well as some extrajudicial executions of mayors and members of local government structures.

Most of the people and organs of the government named there as guilty rejected the report as "unfair, incomplete, illegal, anti-ethical, partisan and disrespectful". The El Salvador armed forces said they were "proud to have fulfilled their mission as a defender of the people and as a defender of peace and the democratic republican system, as evidenced by the deeds during this period". The executive and the Supreme Court used similar words. The Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos ( OAS ) essentially reproduced the results of the report in its own investigations and called on the authorities to “implement the recommendations of the report and, in close cooperation with the judiciary, take concrete steps in the cases of those found guilty, as well to undertake to compensate victims ”. Five days after the report was published, the parliament of El Salvador issued an internationally controversial general amnesty for all violent war crimes committed before 1992.

Remarks

↑ De la Locura a la Esperanza: la guerra de los Doce Años en El Salvador ( Memento of the original from November 27, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 563 kB) , March 15, 1993. @1@ 2
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"We agree:

To vigorously reject the conclusions and recommendations [of the report] against the legal administration in El Salvador in general and against the Corte Suprema and its President in particular.

It should be made clear that the rejection does not exclude a critical examination of the Salvadoran judiciary, which is conducive to overcoming the major problems, errors and deficits in individual legal matters. (..) "
- Pronunciamiento sobre el Informe de la Comisión de la Verdad para El Salvador y sus anexos : Corte Suprema, March 1993
Text:
1. Rechazar enérgicamente las conclusiones y recomendaciones que contra la Administración de Justicia de El Salvador en general y contra la Corte Suprema de Justicia y el Presidente de la misma, contiene el informe de la expresada “Comisión de la Verdad para El Salvador”;
2. Aclarar que el rechazo anterior no significa que la Administración de Justicia salvadoreña no pueda ser objeto de un examen crítico que contribuya positivamente a la superación de sus grandes problemas, carencias y deficiencias, en las distintas materias legislativa, orgánica, funcional e infraestruct .. )
Official English translation:
1. Emphatically rejected the conclusions and recommendations made against the justice system in El Salvador in general and against the Supreme Court and the Chief Justice of the Court in the report of the so-called “Truth Commission for El Salvador”;
2. Explained that its rejection did not mean that the Salvadoran justice system could not be critically reviewed to make a constructive contribution to overcoming its main problems, shortcomings and deficiencies - in legislative, organizational, operational and infrastructure areas (..)

Wording

↑ Contract texts ( Memento of the original from March 6, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at elsalvador.com […] la investigación de graves hechos de violencia ocurridos desde 1980, cuyo impacto sobre la sociedad reclama con mayor urgencia el conocimento público de la verdad Official English translation: […] investigate serious acts of violence that occurred since 1980, whose impact on society urgently requires that the truth about them be made known to the public. @1@ 2
↑ Posición de la Armed Forces of El Salvador ante el Informe de la Comisión de la Verdad, March 23, 1993 injusto, incompleto, ilegal, antiético, parcial y atrevido (..) se siente orgullosa de haber cumplido con su misión de defender a su pueblo y propiciar, como se demuestra en sus actuaciones a lo largo de este período (...) la pacificación y la preservación de nuestro sistema democrático y republicano (..)
Official English translation: unfair, incomplete, illegal, unethical, partial and disrespectful (..) they were proud of having carried out their mission of defending their people and promoting, as demonstrated by their actions throughout this period (..) peace and preserving our democratic and republican system (...)
↑ Informe sobre la Situación de los Derechos Humanos de El Salvador: Consideraciones sobre la Comisión de la Verdad , February 11, 1994,
al cumplimiento de las recomendaciones de la Comisión de la Verdad y exhortar a las autoridades a proceder, a la posible brevedad , con la adopción de las medidas concretas que, en relación con la administración de justicia, las sanciones de tipo administrativo para las personas señaladas como responsables, y la compensación de las víctimas, fundamentalmente, se refiere.
English translation :
that the Truth Commission's recommendations be implemented, and […] to promptly take the specific measures dealing fundamentally with the administration of justice, administrative punishment for the persons found responsible, and compensation for victims.

[2] De la Locura a la Esperanza: la guerra de los Doce Años en El Salvador ( Memento of the original from November 27, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 563 kB) , March 15, 1993. @1@ 2

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"We agree:

To vigorously reject the conclusions and recommendations [of the report] against the legal administration in El Salvador in general and against the Corte Suprema and its President in particular.

It should be made clear that the rejection does not exclude a critical examination of the Salvadoran judiciary, which is conducive to overcoming the major problems, errors and deficits in individual legal matters. (..) "

- Pronunciamiento sobre el Informe de la Comisión de la Verdad para El Salvador y sus anexos : Corte Suprema, March 1993

Text:

Rechazar enérgicamente las conclusiones y recomendaciones que contra la Administración de Justicia de El Salvador en general y contra la Corte Suprema de Justicia y el Presidente de la misma, contiene el informe de la expresada “Comisión de la Verdad para El Salvador”;

Aclarar que el rechazo anterior no significa que la Administración de Justicia salvadoreña no pueda ser objeto de un examen crítico que contribuya positivamente a la superación de sus grandes problemas, carencias y deficiencias, en las distintas materias legislativa, orgánica, funcional e infraestruct .. )

Official English translation:

Emphatically rejected the conclusions and recommendations made against the justice system in El Salvador in general and against the Supreme Court and the Chief Justice of the Court in the report of the so-called “Truth Commission for El Salvador”;

Explained that its rejection did not mean that the Salvadoran justice system could not be critically reviewed to make a constructive contribution to overcoming its main problems, shortcomings and deficiencies - in legislative, organizational, operational and infrastructure areas (..)

[3] To vigorously reject the conclusions and recommendations [of the report] against the legal administration in El Salvador in general and against the Corte Suprema and its President in particular.

[4] It should be made clear that the rejection does not exclude a critical examination of the Salvadoran judiciary, which is conducive to overcoming the major problems, errors and deficits in individual legal matters. (..) "

[5] Rechazar enérgicamente las conclusiones y recomendaciones que contra la Administración de Justicia de El Salvador en general y contra la Corte Suprema de Justicia y el Presidente de la misma, contiene el informe de la expresada “Comisión de la Verdad para El Salvador”;

[6] Aclarar que el rechazo anterior no significa que la Administración de Justicia salvadoreña no pueda ser objeto de un examen crítico que contribuya positivamente a la superación de sus grandes problemas, carencias y deficiencias, en las distintas materias legislativa, orgánica, funcional e infraestruct .. )

[7] Emphatically rejected the conclusions and recommendations made against the justice system in El Salvador in general and against the Supreme Court and the Chief Justice of the Court in the report of the so-called “Truth Commission for El Salvador”;

[8] Explained that its rejection did not mean that the Salvadoran justice system could not be critically reviewed to make a constructive contribution to overcoming its main problems, shortcomings and deficiencies - in legislative, organizational, operational and infrastructure areas (..)

[1] Contract texts ( Memento of the original from March 6, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at elsalvador.com […] la investigación de graves hechos de violencia ocurridos desde 1980, cuyo impacto sobre la sociedad reclama con mayor urgencia el conocimento público de la verdad Official English translation: […] investigate serious acts of violence that occurred since 1980, whose impact on society urgently requires that the truth about them be made known to the public. @1@ 2

[3] Posición de la Armed Forces of El Salvador ante el Informe de la Comisión de la Verdad, March 23, 1993 injusto, incompleto, ilegal, antiético, parcial y atrevido (..) se siente orgullosa de haber cumplido con su misión de defender a su pueblo y propiciar, como se demuestra en sus actuaciones a lo largo de este período (...) la pacificación y la preservación de nuestro sistema democrático y republicano (..)
Official English translation: unfair, incomplete, illegal, unethical, partial and disrespectful (..) they were proud of having carried out their mission of defending their people and promoting, as demonstrated by their actions throughout this period (..) peace and preserving our democratic and republican system (...)

[5] Informe sobre la Situación de los Derechos Humanos de El Salvador: Consideraciones sobre la Comisión de la Verdad , February 11, 1994,
al cumplimiento de las recomendaciones de la Comisión de la Verdad y exhortar a las autoridades a proceder, a la posible brevedad , con la adopción de las medidas concretas que, en relación con la administración de justicia, las sanciones de tipo administrativo para las personas señaladas como responsables, y la compensación de las víctimas, fundamentalmente, se refiere.
English translation :
that the Truth Commission's recommendations be implemented, and […] to promptly take the specific measures dealing fundamentally with the administration of justice, administrative punishment for the persons found responsible, and compensation for victims.