Does Cyprus need A truth and reconciliation commission?

Cyprus Review

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 71-89

  Kaymak, Erol ^a  

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1. Main Articles, Article 11.
2. See Annan's report to the UN Security Council on his mission of good offices in Cyprus of 1 April 2003 (S/2003/398), paragraph 125.
3. Annex VIII, Article 3, section 2.
4. See Annex VIII, Article 3, section 4 where it stipulates that "[t]he work, proceedings, reports and recommendations of the Commission shall be without prejudice to the work of other existing bodies or committees, including the Committee on Missing Persons in Cyprus".
5. Constitution, Part VII (Transitional Provisions), Article 54.
6. Main Articles, Article 12.
7. Separate and simultaneous referenda were held on either side of the Green Line on 24 April 2004. Whereas nearly 65 per cent of those voting in the Turkish controlled north approved the plan, more than 75 per cent of the Greek-Cypriot voters rejected the plan in the south. Accordingly the Annan Plan was declared null and void. The current political impasse on the island relates to the bases for new negotiations and to what extent various provisions foreseen in the Annan Plan may carry over to new talks.
8. International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (2003) Reconciliation after Violent Conflict: A Handbook, edited by Bloomfield, D., Barnes, T. and Huyse, L. Stockholm, International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance.
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25. Ibid.
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27. Annex VIII.
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