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truth and reconciliation commission

independent commission tasked with discovering past crimes against humanity by a government. Starting in Latin America in the 1980s, several such commissions were initiated worldwide from the 1990s
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truth and reconciliation commission

Summary

truth and reconciliation commission ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (289 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • truth and reconciliation commission is a type of committee[2].
  • truth and reconciliation commission is a type of transitional justice[3].
  • truth and reconciliation commission is a type of restorative justice[4].
  • truth and reconciliation commission is a type of government commission[5].
  • truth and reconciliation commission's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Truth and reconciliation commissions[6].
  • truth and reconciliation commission's main subject is conflict resolution[7].
  • truth and reconciliation commission's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject Human rights[8].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include committee[2], transitional justice[3], restorative justice[4], and government commission[5].

Why It Matters

truth and reconciliation commission ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (289 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9] It is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]

Related Entities

conflict resolution transitional justice

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    Main subject → conflict resolution
    Subclass of → committee, transitional justice, restorative justice +1
    On focus list of wikimedia project → WikiProject Human rights
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 5773, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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