A/HRC/5/7 page 2 CONTENTS Paragraphs Introduction .................................................................................................... I. II. III. IV. Page 1-7 3 ASPECTS, NATURE AND CONTENT OF THE RIGHT TO THE TRUTH ..................................................................................... 8 - 18 4 RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE RIGHT TO THE TRUTH AND OTHER RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF THE STATE ................ 19 - 39 5 A. Obligation to investigate ............................................................. 22 - 26 6 B. Right to justice and an effective remedy .................................... 27 - 30 7 C. Right to reparation ...................................................................... 31 - 38 8 D. Right to information .................................................................... 39 9 INSTITUTIONAL MECHANISMS AND MEASURES PROMOTING THE RIGHT TO THE TRUTH ................................ 40 - 70 9 A. Truth commissions and machinery to follow up on their recommendations ........................................................................ 40 - 44 9 B. Commissions of inquiry .............................................................. 45 - 51 9 C. Court proceedings ....................................................................... 52 - 57 10 D. Preservation of and access to archives on human rights violations and the question of memory ....................................... 58 - 70 11 NEW DEVELOPMENTS AT THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL LEVEL ............................................................................................... 71 - 80 13 A. United Nations ............................................................................ 71 - 76 13 B. Inter-American system ................................................................ 77 - 79 15 C. Mercosur ..................................................................................... 80 16 81 - 92 16 V. CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ............................