Tag: Truth Commission

• Friday, November 18th 2011 - 21:46 UTC

  Brazilian president Rousseff sanctions Truth Commission and Data access bills

  

  Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff on Friday signed into law the creation of a commission to investigate human rights abuses committed during military dictatorships with the purpose of strengthening democracy but ‘leaving aside all forms of revenge’.

• Tuesday, April 5th 2011 - 09:28 UTC

  Rousseff expects to have a Truth Commission working by the end of 2011

  

  Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff trusts a Truth Commission can be set up and working before the end of the year to investigate crimes and human rights abuses committed during the military dictatorship which extended from 1964 to 1985.