Abstract
The article examines the major steps taken in the process toward human rights accountability in East Timor between October 1999 and April 2001, when a draft regulating the future Truth and Reconciliation Commission was submitted to and approved by the East Timorese National Council. Since the turmoil of September 1999, the fulfilment of the East Timorese demands of justice before reconciliation became a sine qua non for peace. This article begins with a short description of the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) and analyses its main features. It highlights the characteristics which were at the time of the Commission in South Africa were considered innovative or highly relevant to the overall success of the project. South Africa's TRC is as this article explains an important one because East Timor has in some respects attempted to follow it as an example for its own commission. The article ends with an evaluation of how significant and successful such a Commission will be in the very particular circumstances of East Timor.
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