ABSTRACT
The expression transitional justice refers to the measures which, legally articulating the rights to truth, justice, and compensation, are to be adopted in processes of political transition from dictatorships where human rights were seriously breached to democracies that are the guarantors of international law and human rights.3 The transitional justice approach helps these societies to face up to their past, close the wounds caused by that past, compensate victims by acknowledging their suffering and restoring their dignity, and contribute to the consolidation of democracy by generating civic trust in its institutions for the future (Arthur 2009).
