This small book is a special tribute from the CAVR to all those people who shared their stories of the pain and suffering of the past with us during the two years of the Commission's public activities ...The Commission asked victims of violence in all districts about their ideas for the future in Timor-Leste, for their own lives, the lives of their children and to build a better nation" -- From the preface. Includes portraits of victims of violations of human rights, and expressions of their sufferings and hopes for the future.