All articles tagged with #truth and reconciliation commission
Eugene de Kock, head of a covert South African police unit blamed for torturing and killing dozens of anti-apartheid activists, testified at a Truth and Reconciliation Commission amnesty hearing in Pretoria, detailing past abuses.
The Supreme Court of India has suggested the establishment of a Truth and Reconciliation Commission in Kashmir to investigate human rights violations by both state and non-state actors since the 1980s. However, there are concerns that the truth may be unpalatable, and the commission should not become a criminal court. Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul hopes that Kashmiris will open their hearts and facilitate the return of minority Hindus who were forced to migrate with dignity.
South Korea's Truth and Reconciliation Commission will investigate 237 more cases of South Korean adoptees who suspect their family origins were manipulated to facilitate their adoptions in Europe and the United States. The new cases involve adoptees in 11 nations who were adopted from 1960 to 1990. The commission's potential findings could allow adoptees to take legal actions against agencies or the government. South Korea's government required foreign adoptions to go through family courts in 2013, ending a decadeslong policy that allowed agencies to dictate child relinquishments and international transfers of custodies.