March 24th is the International Day for the Right to the Truth Concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and for the Dignity of Victims

The following international documents have been adopted and are used as instruments related to the right to the truth: 

• Declaration on the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance (1992)
• Basic Principles and Guidelines on the Right to a Remedy and Reparation (2005)
• International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance (2006)

• General Assembly resolution proclaiming 24 March as the International Day for the Right to the Truth concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and for the Dignity of Victims [A/RES/65/196]
• Human Rights Council resolution proclaiming 24 March as the International Day for the Right to the Truth concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and for the Dignity of Victims [A/HRC/RES/14/7]

• A/HRC/15/33 (2010)
• A/HRC/12/19 (2009)
• A/HRC/5/7 (2007)

• General Assembly resolution on the right to the truth [A/RES/68/165]
• Human Rights Council resolution on the right to the truth [A/HRC/RES/12/12]
• General Assembly resolution on basic principles and guidelines on the right to a remedy and reparation for victims of gross violations of international human rights law and serious violations of international humanitarian law [A/RES/60/147]

• General Comment on the Right to the Truth in Relation to Enforced Disappearances (2010)
• Study on the right to the truth (2006) [E/CN.4/2006/91]
• S/25500, 1993 Report of the Commission on the Truth for El Salvador