Institution

National Truth Commission (Brazil)

2012–2014 · 21st century · Also known as Comissão Nacional da Verdade

The National Truth Commission was a body set up by Brazil under President Dilma Rousseff to investigate human rights violations, especially those of the military dictatorship of 1964–1985. Its final report, published in December 2014, documented hundreds of killings and disappearances and the systematic use of torture, and named those it held responsible.

National Truth Commission (Brazil)
Image: Fabrício Faria/Comissão Nacional da Verdade · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

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Brazilian military dictatorship

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). National Truth Commission (Brazil). In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/national-truth-commission-brazil
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