The Equity and Reconciliation Commission (Arabic: هيئة الإنصاف والمصالحة‎; French Instance Equité et Réconciliation - IER) is a Moroccan human rights and truth commission created on January 7, 2004 when King Mohammed VI signed a Dahir (royal decree). This truth commission was established to reconcile victims of human rights abuses, such as torture, forced disappearances and arbitrary arrests, committed by Makhzen (the governing elite) during the Years of lead, with the State. It covers 1956 to 1999, spanning the reign of the two previous monarchs.