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Truth and Reconciliation Commission – The Townsville Peace Agreement

Implementations

Truth and Reconciliation Commission – 2009

The Townsville Peace Agreement stipulated the establishment (within 60 days of signing) of a Peace and Reconciliation Committee to facilitate reconciliation and forgiveness. On April 29, 2009, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (which had been established in August 2008) officially launched.^[1] It began implementing tasks of conducting research into events of the conflict, executing public hearings and collecting public statements about incidents of violence.^[2]

[1] “Tutu warns Solomon Islanders reconciliation no easy task,” BBC Monitoring Asia Pacific, April 29, 2009.

[2] Solomon Islands Truth and Reconciliation Commission Final Report, Solomon Islands Truth and Reconciliation Commission, February 2012.

Truth and Reconciliation Commission – 2008

The Townsville Peace Agreement stipulated the establishment of a Peace and Reconciliation Committee to facilitate reconciliation and forgiveness (within 60 days of signing). On August 28, 2008, the National Parliament passed the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Act which established the Truth and Reconciliation Commission tasked with investigating and reporting on the root causes and consequences of the conflict, particularly violations of human rights and abuses perpetrated and accrued by all conflicting parties to the violent conflict with the goal of national reconciliation.^[1]

^[1] The Truth and Reconciliation Commission Act 2008 (No. 5 of 208), National Parliament of the Solomon Islands, August 28, 2008.