Truth or Reconciliation Mechanism – 1997

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Truth or Reconciliation Mechanism – 1997

1997

Intermediate Implementation Intermediate implementation

The Commission for Historical Clarification (CEH) formed in February and began work in April. German Jurist Christian Tomuschat led the commission, appointing two Guatemalans to fill the remaining leadership positions: Otilia Lux de Coti and Alfredo Balsells Tojo. The international community was slower than planned in supplying financial support, so the CEH did not start taking testimonies until 1 September.1

  1. “Press Conference by Members of Guatemalan Historical Clarification Commission,” United Nations, Press Briefing, March 1, 1999, accessed April 20, 2012, https://www.un.org/News/briefings/docs/1999/19990301.guate.brf.html.