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Brazil: Truth Commission Bill Important Step against Impunity

NEW YORK/BRASÍLIA, Oct. 27, 2011—The Brazilian Senate’s passage of the National Truth Commission bill yesterday represents an important step for the struggle against impunity. The Government of Brazil now has the opportunity to acknowledge a painful past and to implement an effective tool to establish the facts about past abuse, to help victims heal and to allow Brazilian society to understand a painful period of their history, therefore preventing recurrent violations.

10/27/11

Press Release

Design Parameters for a Reparations Program in Peru

This report provides parameters for the creation of a reparations program in Peru. The program must be included in the process of raising a new national awareness in Peru regarding past abuses and building a legal-political framework more responsive to human rights. To ensure sustaina...

09/01/02

ICTJ, Human Rights Association (Asociación pro Derechos Humanos–APRODEH)

Report

The Contemporary Right to Property Restitution in the Context of Transitional Justice

This study examines the development of restitution and reparations in international law and practice over the last century. It aims to provide recommendations on how restitution can best contribute to transitional justice by reviewing four case-studies: the Czech Republic, South Afric...

05/01/07

ICTJ; Rhodri C. Williams

Briefing Paper