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"This report considers African and other truth commissions and applies the lessons and experiences of other countries in order to map a strategy and offer a model for a Zimbabwean truth and reconciliation commission. Given Zimbabwe's history (especially over the three year period 2001-2004) of collective violence and serious human rights abuses, the report proposes that a truth commission in a post-transition Zimbabwe might be an important means of promoting reconciliation and reducing past tensions, thus achieving a variety of aims such as: a- establishing the truth about human rights violations and their causes; b- responding to the need of victims to recount their stories; and c- proposing reforms and recommendations that may contribute to the strengthening of democracy in the future."--Summary (p. 1).