The Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) was a court-like restorative justice body assembled in South Africa in 1996 after the end of apartheid. Authorised by Nelson Mandela and chaired by Desmond Tutu, the commission invited witnesses who were identified as victims of gross human rights violations to give statements about their experiences, and selected some …

Events. Note: All descriptions of events are taken from the Truth Commission's report and the summary of accusations admitted by the Spanish court against the members of the Salvadoran military who were sentenced for the crime.. The Salvadoran army considered the Pastoral Centre of UCA El Salvador (a.k.a. Central American University) to be a "refuge of subversives".

La historia de El Salvador ha pasado por diversos periodos, los cuales han marcado su actual estado económico, político y social. Antes de la llegada de los conquistadores españoles a tierras americanas, el territorio se encontró habitado por diversos pueblos originales qué ya habían formado órdenes sociales sofisticadas; con la matanza (genocidio), el sincretismo y el …