Today we begin our 2 part documentary on the Seychelles Truth, Reconciliation and National Unity Commission. Beneath the surface of this paradise archipelago lies a hidden and tragic history of torture, murder, and forced disappearances,. I chat with renowned international legal practitioner and and Chair of the Seychelles TRC Gabrielle McIntyre.  

Against all odd and expectations, often comic if not so tragic, the commission completed its work only afew months ago, after fulfilling their mandate to look into the gross human rights abuses that occurred during the coup of 1977, under the one party state that persisted until 1993 and then on up to the present

We discuss the many lessons learnt that might be helpful if a British TRC was to be established over our colonial past, how not to do it perhaps. But due to Gabrielles utter determination she believes that the Seychelles TRC did manage to achieve a shared version of the past that might allow the country to move forward together with this as their new foundation. The value of such was not lost on us as we looked for ways for Britain to unite beyond the culture wars over our colonial past. 

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