Victims and citizens have the right to know the truth (Han, 2005). Criminal and administrative investigations serve as a legal response that provides spaces for the investigation of truth, so that punishment and compensation can be implemented based on confirmed facts (Elster, 2006). In this sense, recognition, at least to some extent, of past wrongs is an indispensable part of transitional justice (Han, 2005). Social knowledge of the past is reconstructed simultaneously with the rejection of the previous regime (Anderlini et al., 2004). In other words, law and legal processes have a profound impact on the formation of collective memory, which further contributes to achieving political consensus in the context of new politics (Teitel,