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    Chilean TRC: Truth-Telling and Gaining Democracy
    (Deanship of Research/ Al-Quds University, 2024-04-01) Ala'a Ahmad Mohammad Abhari; Zlata Bozac
    In 1990 a truth and reconciliation commission (TRC) was established after the military dictatorship under Augusto Pinochet’s regime between the period (1973-1990), where human rights were violated, and many victims struggled during the regime. After that dictatorial regime ended, there was democratic elections which made the new president at that time: Patricio Aylwin establish the TRC, and it was named the Rettig after its chairman; just six weeks after his inauguration as the new Chilean president, who made it clear that his prominent goal is to investigate human rights violations during the past through this TRC. As reported by Brahms, the Rettig had many aims, and the most crucial were: investigating gross human rights violations that occurred during the 17-years-long dictatorship, exploring the cases in which the victims were killed or disappeared, prosecute the perpetrators, and prevent the repetition of human rights abuses, and recommend reparations. This paper will explore the methods in which the Rettig investigated the cases during the military dictatorship, and will investigate some important concepts that challenged the TRC’s job or were interconnected with, and the outcomes and reparations of the TRC, which will help us in understanding the dramatic transition into democracy after the dictatorship in 1990. Therefore, the research question that will be examined in this research is: what were the utilized methods of investigation by the Chilean TRC and were they effective?