The first session of the fifth phase of compensation began simultaneously in Kara and Sokodé on Monday, May 9, 2022, for the benefit of victims in the prefectures of these two regions of Togo. HCRRUN teams set up their arrangements respectively at the Kara Social Affairs office and at the National Weaving Centre (CENATIS) in Sokodé to welcome the victims and provide them with comfort and relief.
These individuals, who were victims of politically motivated violence or injustice between 1958 and 2005 and who gave their statements to the CVJR or to the National Special Independent Commission of Inquiry (CNSEI), receive compensation and, for some, medical care, as an expression of the State’s compassion towards them.
While the number of statements recorded by the CVJR stood at 22,415, the review of these statements and those of the CNSEI has brought the number of victims to nearly 40,000 at present.
From December 2017, when compensation began, to December 2021, the total number of victims compensated stood at 20,278.
As part of the implementation of the reparations programme, HCRRUN is also carrying out community and collective reparations, such as the construction and refurbishment of classrooms in Djéréhoué and the construction of the Fountain of Reconciliation in the Barkoissi market.
