A/HRC/5/7 page 8 C. Right to reparation 31. As the study on the right to the truth stated, the right to the truth may well be an autonomous one with its own legal basis but it is nevertheless closely linked to other rights including the right to reparation. Despite the link between them, these two rights are distinct because the object of the right to the truth is to shed light on the facts and identify those individually responsible. 32. The Basic Principles and Guidelines stipulate that victims should receive full and effective reparation, as laid out in principles 19-23, in the form of restitution, compensation, rehabilitation, satisfaction and guarantees of non-repetition, as appropriate and in proportion to the gravity of the violation and the circumstances of each case. 33. As the Basic Principles and Guidelines put it, satisfaction includes verification of the facts and full and public disclosure of the truth (principle 22). The Basic Principles and Guidelines also say that victims and their representatives should be entitled to seek and obtain information on the causes leading to their victimization and on the causes and conditions pertaining to the gross violations of international human rights law and serious violations of international humanitarian law, and to learn the truth in regard to these violations. 34. Under the right to reparation, the Basic Principles and Guidelines provide a useful framework for considering the various initiatives that States have taken in this area. In their replies to the Office of the High Commissioner, some States mention reparation programmes that they have launched in response to the work and recommendations of the truth commissions that they set up. These programmes have offered individual or collective reparations. 35. In the case of individual reparations, States have offered compensation and adopted recommendations on medical and psychological rehabilitation, reintegration into society, the settlement of legal, administrative and professional issues which, in the case of some victims, had remained pending, and the award of pensions. Some individual reparation programmes have also provided educational benefits for victims’ children, such as the payment of enrolment fees and charges. 36. For collective reparations, States have adopted a wide range of measures to ensure that violations are not repeated, in part by preserving memories and conducting institutional reforms. The principal object of such moves is to clear away the aftermath of violations, restore confidence in institutions and ensure respect for the rule of law and human rights. 37. States have used various means to perpetuate historical memory through culture, family recollection, collective and social memory, and historical sites offering tangible proof of past events. They have reformed institutions and taken steps to promote the rule of law in order to guarantee that violations are not repeated. 38. Some States have given particular prominence to community reparation through the adoption and execution of social, economic and cultural development programmes for towns and regions affected by violence.