ABSTRACT
Perhaps the most important aim of any truth commission should be to prevent further violence and rights abuses in the future. It may hope to do this by breaking the cycle of revenge and hatred between former enemies, somehow encouraging reconciliation between opposing groups who may feel they have much to hate or fear in the other, or a history to avenge. More concretely, most commissions recommend reforms in the military, police, judiciary, and political systems in the hope of preventing further abuses.
