The Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs has completed the regulations required to implement the amended Enforced Disappearances Enquiry, Truth and Reconciliation Commission Act, more than a year and a half after changes to the law were introduced.
The regulations are essential for the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) and the Commission on the Investigation of Enforced Disappeared Persons (CIEDP) to begin full investigations into conflict-era human rights violations. Both commissions were reconstituted in May last year following amendments to the Act but have been unable to move ahead in detail due to the absence of supporting regulations.