Comissão Nacional da Verdade

Portuguese

Etymology

Literally, “National Truth Commission”.

Proper noun

Comissão Nacional da Verdade f

1. a Brazilian commission, founded in 2011, whose purpose is to investigate human rights violations in the country in the period of 1946–1988, including the military dictatorship of 1964–1985

   Synonym: Comissão da Verdade

See also

• AI-5

Further reading

• National Truth Commission on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Comissão Nacional da Verdade on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt