Answer to Question #263731 in History for Kelsey Jand

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Question: What are some key differences between trials and truth commissions?

Answer 1

Truth commissions aim to identify the causes and consequences of abuses, which may have been committed by repressive regimes or by armed groups. Whereas a trial is the formal examination before a competent tribunal of the matter in issue in a civil or criminal cause in order to determine such issue.