Abstract:
This article analyzes elements derived from systematizing the experience of the implementation of the Colombian Commission for the Clarification of Truth, Coexistence, and Non-Repetition in Exile (CEV), particularly in Chile and Ecuador: 1) the importance of trust networks woven to advance in the process of articulating actions for the implementation of the CEV; 2) the reparative value for victims of the recognition made by the State and the society of their exile as a victimizing act 3) the importance of the psychosocial approach in the listening process. Through a qualitative and participatory method, the researchers made part of the CEV process, using narrative and collaborative psychosocial research tools, and experiencing, analyzing, and reflecting; they enlightened the senses and meanings that the process had in the participants. The results allow an understanding of how transitional mechanisms such as Truth Commissions may have a restorative effect on their participants.
Keywords:
Truth Commission; exile; psychosocial approach; reparation