لجان تقصِّي الحقائق ودورها في تدعيم المصالحة الوطنية " لجنة الحقيقة والمصالحة في جنوب أفريقيا أُنموذجاً"

Abstract

This study aims to define the concept of truth commissions, and to identify the role they play in the success of national reconciliation, and many countries have relied on the mechanism of truth commissions to consolidate national reconciliation in their countries, including South Africa, which established the truth commission And reconciliation and entrusted it with the task of searching for the truth and striving towards reconciliation. In this research, the analytical and descriptive method was followed, and the study concluded that fact-finding committees can become a viable alternative to acts of revenge and retaliation by seeking to establish reconciliation that would encourage dialogue and negotiation between the conflicting parties through what they are involved in. One of the specializations capable of revealing the truth about the events that took place and treatment The reasons for the conflict, and we also concluded that the Truth and Reconciliation Commission relied in order to lay the foundations for reconciliation on the principle of amnesty for the sake of truth, which helped in its success and considered it one of the best experiences ever, and accordingly we recommend studying the South African experience and benefiting from it in establishing a more efficient and effective fact-finding committee capable of advancing justice and national reconciliation.