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Today, Friday, March 24, the world celebrates the International Day for the right to know the truth regarding gross violations of human rights and to respect the dignity of victims, according to what was stated in the United Nations newsletter on its website, and it also stated:
The right to know the truth
The right to the truth is often referred to in the context of gross violations of human rights and gross abuses of humanitarian law. Victims of extrajudicial executions, enforced disappearances, missing persons, kidnapped children, and victims of torture demand or demand that their families know what happened to them or their relatives. The right to the truth implies, implicitly, the full and undiminished knowledge of the facts revealed, the specific circumstances surrounding them, and those who participated in them, including knowledge of the circumstances in which the violations took place, as well as their causes.

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The 24th of March is celebrated every year as the International Day for the Right to the Truth about Gross Violations of Human Rights and the Dignity of Victims.

This annual observance pays tribute to the memory of Monsignor Oscar Arnulfo Romero, who was murdered on 24 March 1980. Monsignor Romero was actively involved in denouncing violations of the human rights of the most vulnerable individuals in El Salvador.

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The aim of this day is:

Commemorating the memory of the victims of gross and systematic violations of human rights and the importance of the right to know the truth and the administration of justice,
Paying tribute to those who have dedicated their lives to the promotion and protection of human rights for all people and sacrificed their lives for this,
Acknowledging the important and valuable work of Monsignor Oscar Arnulfo Romero of El Salvador, who actively participated in the promotion and protection of human rights in his country and whose work received international recognition for his letters denouncing the human rights of the most vulnerable groups of the population,
Background Information
On 21 December 2010, the United Nations General Assembly declared 24 March an International Day for the right to the truth regarding gross human rights violations and for respect for the dignity of victims.

The date was chosen because on March 24, 1980, Archbishop Oscar Arnulfo Romero of El Salvador was assassinated, after denouncing human rights abuses.

A study conducted by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in 2006 concluded that the right to know the truth about gross violations of human rights and serious violations of human rights law is an inalienable and independent right, linked to the duty and duty of the state to protect and guarantee human rights, conduct effective investigations and ensure effective remedy and compensation .

The study emphasized that the right to know the truth, implicitly, means knowing the whole truth and without any omission regarding the facts it reveals, the specific circumstances that surrounded it and those who participated in it, including knowledge of the circumstances in which the violations occurred, as well as their causes.

In its 2009 report on the right to the truth, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights identified best practices for the effective implementation of the right to the truth, in particular practices relating to archives and records of gross human rights violations and programs to protect witnesses and other persons involved in trials related to these violations.

The El Salvador Fact-Finding Commission was established in accordance with the Mexico Accords of April 27, 1991, to investigate serious acts of violence that occurred since 1980 and whose impact on society required urgent public knowledge of the truth. In its report of 15 March 1993, the Commission documented the facts related to the assassination by pro-Government forces — the so-called “death squads” — of Monsignor Oscar Arnulfo Romero, who was sniper-killed while he was celebrating Mass on 24 March 1980.