| Reconciliation Processes in Africa:
Truth and Reconciliation Commissions |
| This collection of internet sources provides access to web sites featuring selected
“Truth and Reconciliation” commissions documents or other official inquiries and hearings
sponsored at international, regional, national and grass roots levels involving the
African countries.Although selective, inclusion of a site by no means constitutes
endorsement by the African and Middle Eastern Division of the Library of Congress. Every source listed here was successfully tested
before being added to the list. Users, however, should be aware that a successful
connection may sometimes require several attempts.
For additional research and bibliographic materials on reconciliation processes in
African countries consult the Library's online catalog.
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| ACCORD (http://www.c-r.org/accord/peace/accord13/makey.shtml) |
| Provides a summary of the peace statement of the 1995 the National Pact settling the a conflict Northern part of Mali.
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| APPENDIX E: TRAINING FOR PEACE OPERATIONS AS CONDUCTED IN CÔTE D’IVOIRE
PUBLISHED IN AFRICAN CAPABILITIES FOR TRAINING FOR PEACE OPERATIONS
(http://www.iss.co.za/Pubs/Other/AfricaCapab/AppendE.html) |
| Cited in “African Capabilities for Training for Peace Operation”, Cote d’Ivoire’s involvement with conflict resolution and peace operations in Africa from 1977. In addition there is information on L’ANAD, or the Accord de Non Aggression et D’Assistance en Matiere de Defense (Treaty of Non-Aggression, Assistance and Mutual Defence) signed by: Burkina Faso, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, Côte d’Ivoire, and Togo. Benin and Guinea Conakry had observer status at meetings of L’ANAD..
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| The BASES OF HUMANITARIAN THOUGHT IN THE PULAAR SOCIETY OF MAURITANIA AND SENEGAL (http://www.icrc.org/web/eng/siteeng0.nsf/iwpList169/065C533B8B188E4AC1256B66005C6AA8) |
| Dr. Ly Djibril discusses the secular traditions of respect for the individual and community in managing conflict and suffering on the African continent. The focus is on the reconciliation processes of the Haalpulaaren civilization of Senegal and Mauritania. Written also in French, Spanish, Arabic, and Portuguese.
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| BURKINA FASO - THE CASE OF NORBERT ZONGO (http://www.article19.org/docimages/843.htm) |
| The investigation of the death of Norbert Zongo, one Burkina Faso’s best known journalist and founding member of the Mouvement Burkinabiné des droits de l’homme et des peuples (MBDHP) [Burkinabé Movement for Human and Peoples’ Rights] created the development of a commission to investigate the violent conflicts occurring in Burkina Faso.
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| COUNTRY STUDIES. LIBRARY OF CONGRESS FEDERAL RESEARCH DIVISION (http://www.country-studies.com/mauritania/the-haidalla-regime.html) |
| Discussion
on the Haidalla Regime peace treaty signed by Mauritania officials and
Polisario of Algeria to end claim over Western Sahara.
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Acts: A Guide to Preserving the Records of Truth Commissions
http://www.wilsoncenter.org/press/peterson_finalacts.pdf
Dr. Trudy Huskamp Peterson. Final Acts: A Guide to Preserving the Records of
Truth Commissions (Washington, DC: Woodrow Wilson Center Press; Baltimore: Johns
Hopkins University Press, 2005. 128 p.) Available in pdf version, this work is
a guide to questions of law, politics, physical preservation, and access regarding
materials generated by the 20 truth commissions that have completed the work
of examining and reporting on the abuses of deposed regimes.
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| HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS INVESTIGATION COMMISSION (HRVIC) (http://www.oputapanelreport.org/OputaSummaryRecommendations.pdf) |
| Also, known as the OPUTA PANEL, the final report of the Commission completed in May 2002 was released “unofficially” by the Washington based, Nigerian Democratic Movement (NDM) and the Civil Society Forum in Nigeria.
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| LA COMMISSION VÉRITÉ ET RÉCONCILIATION AU BURUNDI: UNE INSTITUTION PRÉMATURÉE? / BY LAURENT KAVAKURE
(http://www.arib.info/KavakureCVR.htm) |
| Issued in French by the Association de Réflexion et d'Information sur le Burundi, in May 2003, the essay describes the goals of the proposed Truth and Reconciliation Commission to be established in Burundi.
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| NATIONAL RECONCILIATION COMMISSION GHANA (http://www.nrcghana.org/aboutus.php) |
| “In December 2001, the Parliament of Ghana passed a law to establish the National Reconciliation Commission (the “Commission”). The law, known as The National Reconciliation Commission Act 2002 (Act 611) came into force on January 11,2002". Site includes a description of the mandate, composition, and documents of the body.
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| NATIONMASTER.COM ENCYCLOPEDIA: TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION COMMISSION (http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia) |
| “...a massive central data source and a handy way to graphically compare nations....a vast compilation of data from such sources as the CIA World Factbook, United Nations, World Health Organization, World Bank, World Resources Institute, UNESCO, UNICEF and OECD.”
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| PROJECT PLOUGHSHARES (http://www.ploughshares.ca/CONTENT/ACR/ACR00/ACR00-Senegal.html) |
| Armed Conflicts Report of 2003 discusses the history of the conflict in the Casamance region of Senegal and that despite a peace agreement of 2001 signed between the government and the Casmance Movement of Democratic Forces(MFDC) fighting continues in that area of Senegal. Written also in French.
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| RECONCILIATION CONFERENCE: SIGHTS AND SOUNDS OF THE CENTRAL AFRICA VISION 2000 (http://www.cav2000.org/sights%5Fand%5Fsound.htm) |
| The mission of the Central Africa Vision 2000, Inc., is to partner with churches and communities of different ethnic groups to bring about peace and justice through reconciliation in central Africa.... Ths site provides a photographic and audio report of the 1999 Reconciliation Conference in Bukavu, Congo. Jennifer Jones reports live from Central Africa on WMSJ's (drawnear.org/wmsj) morning show hosted by Donny Webb. Also, this site contains information on other regional conferences. (RealPlayer is required for audio.)
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| The REPUBLIC OF SIERRA LEONE STATEHOUSE ONLINE (http://www.statehouse-sl.org/trc-fin-rep-oct5.html) |
| The Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), one of the institutions mandated to be set up by the Lome Peace Agreement, presented its final report to President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah at a well-attended and impressive ceremony held at State House, Freetown, on October 5, 2004
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| TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION COMMISSION (http://www.doj.gov.za/trc/) |
| Official Truth and Reconciliation Website. Last updated April 10, 2003. |
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| TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION COMMISSION SIERRA LEONE (http://www.sierra-leone.org/trc-trcforsierraleone.html) |
| “The Truth and Reconciliation Commission for Sierra Leone is an independent organization that was created by the Lomé Peace Agreement of 7th July 1999. It was established by an Act of Parliament on February 10, 2000". Site includes a description of the mandate, composition, and documents of the body.
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| TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION COMMISSION. ACT 2000 SIERRA LEONE (http://www.usip.org/library/tc/doc/charters/tc%5Fsierra%5Fleone%5F02102000.html) |
| Being an Act to establish the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in line with Article XXVI of the Lome Peace Agreement. |
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| TRUTH, LIES AND RITUAL. PRELIMINARY REFELECTIONS ON THE TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION COMMISSION IN SIERRA LEONE (http://asc.leidenuniv.nl/events/event328954389.htm) |
| A conference program spo sored by the The African Studies Centre in Leiden Africa Today Seminar... “Sierra Leone is currently experimenting with a variety of transitional mechanisms of justice, including a Truth and Reconciliation Commission. As the comparative literature on truth commissions indicates, the truth is not always told in these bodies, and truth is not always conducive to reconciliation”. The seminar analyses the power of ritual to transform, arguing that ‘ritual may be more important to reconciliation than truth in Sierra Leone and elsewhere’.
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| UNITED NATIONS OFFICE FOR THE COORDINATION OF HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS (OCHA) SITUATION REPORT NO.04 COTE D IVOIRE 24 FEBRUARY 2003 (http://www.cidi.org/humanitarian/hsr/03a/ixl45.html) |
| This is a discussion on issues surrounding the implementation of January 2003 Linas-Marcoussis Accord of Cote d’Ivoire.
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| UNITED STATES INSTITUTE OF PEACE (http://www.usip.org/library/truth.html#chad) |
| Site contains translated decree “Creating the Commission of Inquiry into the Crime and Misappropriations Committed by Ex-President Habre, His Accomplices and /or Accessories“ December 29, 1990. This document includes information on the crimes committed during the eight-year rule of Hissein Habre.
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| US INSTITUTE OF PEACE LIBRARY . TRUTH COMMISSIONS DIGITAL COLLECTION (http://www.usip.org/library/tc/doc/charters/tc%5Fsierra%5Fleone%5F02102000.html) |
| “XXVI : Human Rights Violations, Peace Agreement between the Government of Sierra Leone and the Revolutionary United Front of Sierra Leone”.
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| WORKING TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE PEACE: AN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SECURITY AND COOPERATION ION CENTRAL AFRICA - A COMMENTARY, by Aldo Ajello (http://www.iss.org.za/Pubs/ASR/10No2/Ajello.html) |
| Ambassador Aldo Ajello is the Special Representative of the European Union for the Great Lakes Region based in Brussels. the article is published in African Security Review, Vol. 10, no. 2, 2001.
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