Investigate the extent of human rights violations throughout the 12 year civil war.
The Truth Commission for El Salvador (Spanish: Comisión de la Verdad para El Salvador) was a restorative justice[1] truth commission approved by the United Nations to investigate the grave wrongdoings that occurred throughout the country's twelve year civil war. It is estimated that 1.4 percent of the Salvadoran population was killed during the war.[2] The commission operated from July 1992 until March 1993, when its findings were published in the final report, From Madness to Hope.[2][3] The eight-month period heard from over 2,000 witness testimonies and compiled information from an additional 20,000 witness statements.
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Salvadoran Civil War
Prelude
Football War
1972 coup attempt
Political tensions
Civil War
1979 coup d'état
Offensive of 1981
Ilopango Airport
Offensive of 1982
Offensive of 1989
Lolotique shootdown
Massacres
Sumpul
Romero's funeral
Missionaries
El Mozote
Santa Rita
El Calabozo
Zona Rosa
Jesuits
Aftermath
Peace Accords
Truth Commission
In December 1991, preliminary talks began between the Salvadoran government and the leftist guerrilla militia, the Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMLN), with UN secretary-general Javier Pérez de Cuéllar overseeing the negotiations. The agreement was finalized and signed by both parties on 16 January 1992, at what is known as the Chapultepec Peace Agreements.
Javier Pérez de Cuéllar appointed three lead commissioners, with the agreement of both the Salvadoran government and the FMLN, to head the investigation. Unlike preceding restorative justice initiatives, the Salvadoran commission was composed entirely of international commissioners.
^University, Suffolk. "What is Restorative Justice? – Suffolk University". www.suffolk.edu. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
^ abHayner, Priscilla B. (2011). Unspeakable Truths: Transitional Justice and the Challenges of Truth Commissions(PDF). New York: Routledge. pp. 49–51. ISBN 978-0-415-80635-0.
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