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From truth to transformation
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission in South Africa


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Brandon Hamber and Steve KibbleSouth Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission was the most prominent of all truth commissions to emerge over the past 20 years. It had a difficult job to provide a comprehensive picture of human rights abuses in South Africa and to promote reconciliation.

This report analyses the most common criticisms of the TRC: that its focus on direct gross human rights violations was too narrow and that it failed to tackle the structural human rights abuses of apartheid. The authors argue that truth commissions do have a role in moving a country to peace and reconciliation, but that without social and economic transformation to match the political change, much of the TRC's good work will be undermined. 

1999 ISBN 1 85287 217 9
30pp A4
Price: £2.00

 
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