Comisión Nacional de Verdad y Reconciliación (Chile)

The National Truth and Reconciliation Commission was a truth commission set up to examine human rights violations in Chile committed under the regime of Augusto Pinochet. The tape contains recordings of the official meetings of the commission from 1990 and 1991, including the official and ceremonial...

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Institution:Open Society Archives at Central European University
Language:Spanish
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10891/osa:4ba396bd-a645-4246-b7f9-7474d1f3e60a
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Summary:The National Truth and Reconciliation Commission was a truth commission set up to examine human rights violations in Chile committed under the regime of Augusto Pinochet. The tape contains recordings of the official meetings of the commission from 1990 and 1991, including the official and ceremonial release of the conclusions of the "Rettig Report." It contains: 1. Speech by Don Patricio Aylwin Azócar, former President of the Republic, announcing the creation of the National Commission on Truth and Reconciliation, April 24, 1990 (20’) 2. Speech by Don Raúl Rettig, President of the Commission on Truth and Reconciliation, upon presenting the commission’s report to then President Aylwin, February 8, 1991 (5’) 3. Speech by Don Patricio Aylwin Azócar upon receiving the Commission’s report from Don Raúl Rettig, February 8, 1991 (10’) 4. Speech by Don Patricio Aylwin Azócar, disclosing the truth contained in the Commission’s report, and asking the nation’s forgiveness for the human rights violations committed in the past, March 4, 1991 (40’)