Truth or Reconciliation Mechanism – 2000

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Truth or Reconciliation Mechanism – 2000

2000

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The Parliament of Sierra Leone approved the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Act 2000 on February 10, 2000. The Act provided an institutional means of establishing the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in line with Article
XXVI of the Lomé Peace Agreement.1

  1. Paul James-Allen, Sheku B. S. Lahai, and Jamie OÕConnel, “Sierra Leone’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission and Special Court: A Citizen’s Handbook,” National Forum for Human Rights and International Centre for Transitional Justice, March 2003, accessed January 20, 2015, https://www.ictj.org/sites/default/files/ICTJ-SierraLeone-Handbook-TRC-2….