The African Assembly of the Defense of Human Rights (RADDHO), an NGO based in Dakar, has recommended the setting up of a Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission in Guinea.
In a communique made public on Monday, the NGO expressed its "profound relief and gratitude" following "the historic accord which created all conditions necessary for national reconciliation in Guinea."
The statement referred to the decision signed last week by Guinea's military junta leader Moussa Dadis Camara to step down in favor of Gen. Sekouba Konate, the vice president of the junta's National Council for Democracy and Development and the interim leader of the West African country.
Under the declaration, the country will hold the presidential elections in six months to end the crisis since December 2008, when the junta took power in a military coup. It also provides for a transitional government pending the vote under a premier from the opposition. The junta has no part in the future elections in accordance with Burkina Faso brokered deal.
RADDHO recommends the "setting up of the Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission to examine with all lucidity and serenity the evils that have bedevelled the Guinean society." Human rights groups accuse the junta of killing 157 people in its crackdown on the opposition on Sept. 28 in the Guinean capital Conakry.
The NGO advocates the creation of "transitional justice which will deal with the issue of impunity," and this should be based in Dakar.
RADDHO also asked the international community to bring consistent and multiform aid to Guinea.