Report of the Special Rapporteur on the promotion of truth,justice, reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence, FabiánSalvioli on his visits to Tunisia, Uruguay and SpainContentsPageI. Introduction................................................................................................................................... 3II. Follow-up on the visit to Tunisia .................................................................................................. 3III. Follow-up on the visit to Uruguay ................................................................................................ 11IV. Follow-up on the visit to Spain ..................................................................................................... 17V. Concluding remarks...................................................................................................................... 23I. Introduction1. Pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 36/7, the Special Rapporteur on thepromotion of justice, reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence, Fabián Salvioli, submitsthe present report in follow-up to the official visits undertaken by his predecessor, Pablo deGreiff, to Tunisia (2012), Uruguay (2013) and Spain (2014). In the report, the SpecialRapporteur provides an assessment of the status of implementation of the recommendationscontained in the reports on those visits, and considers related developments that have takenplace since the visits.2. To gather input for the report, in December 2020 the Special Rapporteur sentquestionnaires to the States concerned and other relevant actors, including United Nationsfunds, programmes and specialized agencies and national and international human rightsorganizations. The Special Rapporteur also issued an open call for submissions, requestinginput from civil society and other interested actors. Official replies were received from Spainand Uruguay, and submissions were received from 11 non-governmental organizations andother interested parties. These submissions, together with information provided by UnitedNations bodies and civil society, as well as desk-based research, form the basis for the presentreport.3. The Special Rapporteur thanks all those who responded to his call for submissions forthe report, which is intended as a useful reference for States, civil society and other keystakeholders and was prepared in recognition of the importance of continuity in the dischargeof the mandate.II. Follow-up on the visit to Tunisia4. The former Special Rapporteur conducted an official visit to Tunisia from 11 to 16November 2012, at the invitation of the Government. In September 2013, he presented hisreport on the visit1to the Human Rights Council at its twenty-fourth session.5. The Special Rapporteur regrets that the Government did not provide a submission forthe preparation of the present report. Comments on the report itself were received from theGovernment on 14 July 2021. The assessment of the status of implementation of therecommendations contained in the country visit report is summarized in table 1 below.6. At the time of the former Special Rapporteur’s visit, the country was transiting froma long period marked by political repression, corruption and disregard for human rights andfreedoms, and the State had started undertaking multiple transitional justice initiatives withan event-based approach, focusing mainly on truth seeking and reparations.7. On 24 December 2013, the National Constituent Assembly adopted Organic Law No.53 on the establishment and regulation of transitional justice, which lay the foundation forthe creation of a truth commission and the specialized criminal chambers. The Organic Lawincludes provisions under the five pillars of transitional justice.8. The Truth and Dignity Commission was formally established on 9 June 2014 toinvestigate human rights violations committed by the Government of Tunisia between 1955and 31 December 2013. It concluded its mandate on 31 December 2018, as stipulated in theOrganic Law. In a communication dated 30 April 2018, the Special Rapporteur appealed tothe Government to allow the Commission a second term in order to bring its work to a
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