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BURUNDI: Reconciliation Commission Committee

BURUNDI: Reconciliation Commission Committee Popular consultations, prior to installing transitional justice mechanisms, are to be held. While officially launching on November 2nd the Steering Committee (SC) in charge of the national consultations on transitional justice in Burundi, President Pierre Nkurunziza invited his compatriots not to fall into the trap of ethnic or regional blame when they express themselves on the crimes committed in the country since independence in 1962. ldquo;There is no guilty ethnic group, there is no guilty region, it is necessary that, henceforth, the individual who committed a violation of human rights is prosecuted, without making his family, his ethnic group or his region feel guiltyrdquo;, President Nkurunziza warned. ldquo;The awaited impact of these national consultations is that the Burundian people, in particular the victims and authors of crimes will be able to come forward so that, finally, the truth on cyclical violence, which has pained our country, can be made clearrdquo;, he continued. He also warned against intimidation. The Arusha Peace Accords of August 2000 planned the setting‐up of Special Tribunal (ST) for Burundi and of a Truth and Reconcilation Commission (TRC) to inquire into crimes committed for more than 40 years. They will then decide whether to open or not legal proceedings. No date was scheduled for the start to the operation of these two bodies. The comments of the people, collected during the consultation campaign of the steering committee, will be taken into account. This committee is composed of six members: two representatives of the government, two from civil society and two from the UN . The consultation campaign should last ldquo;approximately six monthsrdquo;, according to an agreement concluded between the government and the UN. ( Hirondelle, Lausanne 5/11 ) Meanwhile, in an attempt to break the political deadlock, President Nkurunziza has reached a power‐sharing deal with the second strongest opposition party, Uprona ( p. 17296 ). ( Business in Africa 5/11 ) Armed gangs have carried out ambushes on the Bujumbura‐Rumonge road and several people have been killed. ( PANA, Bujumbura 13/11, Burundi Realities 14/11 ) Attacks on splinter group p. 17271 http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Africa Research Bulletin: Political, Social and Cultural Series Wiley

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10.1111/j.1467-825X.2007.01378.x
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Popular consultations, prior to installing transitional justice mechanisms, are to be held. While officially launching on November 2nd the Steering Committee (SC) in charge of the national consultations on transitional justice in Burundi, President Pierre Nkurunziza invited his compatriots not to fall into the trap of ethnic or regional blame when they express themselves on the crimes committed in the country since independence in 1962. ldquo;There is no guilty ethnic group, there is no guilty region, it is necessary that, henceforth, the individual who committed a violation of human rights is prosecuted, without making his family, his ethnic group or his region feel guiltyrdquo;, President Nkurunziza warned. ldquo;The awaited impact of these national consultations is that the Burundian people, in particular the victims and authors of crimes will be able to come forward so that, finally, the truth on cyclical violence, which has pained our country, can be made clearrdquo;, he continued. He also warned against intimidation. The Arusha Peace Accords of August 2000 planned the setting‐up of Special Tribunal (ST) for Burundi and of a Truth and Reconcilation Commission (TRC) to inquire into crimes committed for more than 40 years. They will then decide whether to open or not legal proceedings. No date was scheduled for the start to the operation of these two bodies. The comments of the people, collected during the consultation campaign of the steering committee, will be taken into account. This committee is composed of six members: two representatives of the government, two from civil society and two from the UN . The consultation campaign should last ldquo;approximately six monthsrdquo;, according to an agreement concluded between the government and the UN. ( Hirondelle, Lausanne 5/11 ) Meanwhile, in an attempt to break the political deadlock, President Nkurunziza has reached a power‐sharing deal with the second strongest opposition party, Uprona ( p. 17296 ). ( Business in Africa 5/11 ) Armed gangs have carried out ambushes on the Bujumbura‐Rumonge road and several people have been killed. ( PANA, Bujumbura 13/11, Burundi Realities 14/11 ) Attacks on splinter group p. 17271

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Africa Research Bulletin: Political, Social and Cultural Series – Wiley

Published: Dec 1, 2007

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