The document provides an overview of truth commissions and commissions of inquiry around the world. It discusses examples from Chile, South Africa, Rwanda, and Guatemala. For each example, it summarizes the commission's objectives, timeline, members, and mandate to investigate human rights abuses within a particular context and time period. The examples illustrate common components of truth commissions as well as differences in their design and approach.

1. Truth Commissions and Commissions of Inquiry around the World Truth and Reconciliation: Politics and Possibilities of Memory Unit presented by Angela Contreras-Chavez Aug 12, 2008 Interfaith Institute for Peace, Justice, and Social Movements Burnaby, BC.