Truth and reconciliation commission (TRC) mechanisms may be seen by many African governments as the most effective problem–solving mechanisms that bring the victims, the perpetrators, and the communities together to deal with the legacy of past human rights violations, but have any of them worked

To draw plausible conclusions as to whether justice would be served for alleged human rights abuses committed by state officers in the Second Republic, it is necessary for one to revisit the case of Senator Augusto Pinochet as it may allow us to