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8/4/24, 10:08 AMThe Truth and Reconciliation Commission: How has Southasti
Africa chosen to remember the past?
Jeremiah
Terms in this set (60)
What was the huge task post-1994? Building truly non-racial and democratic South Africa without forgetting its past
Forgive Apartheid perpetrators
What was the dilemna faced with this?
Remebering the crime against humanity
What was the ANC's solution to this? Establishment of the TRC -> role in nation-building
-Founded in 1995
-Established in terms of legislation -> Promotion of National Unity and Reconciliation
Discuss the TRC's establishment Act
-Tangible way of dealing with country's past
-Hearings held for two years across SA for perpetrators and victims to give testimony
Chairperson = Archbishop Desmond Tutu
Who led the TRC?
Vice-Chairperson = Alex Boraine
-Human Rights Violations
What were the TRC's three committees? -Reparations & Rehabilitation
-Amnesty
1. SA = deeply divided society -> majority of people oppressed
2. Many terrible atrocities committed by regime and opposition
3. Numerous activists disappeared mysteriously
Give six reasons for the founding of the TRC 4. Confront past to move one & encourage nation building
5.Govt. = find necessary way to tangibly deal with these actions
6. ANC + NP agreed commission should investigate crimes on both sides during
Apartheid
A system of criminal justice that focuses on the rehabilitation of offenders through
What is restorative justice?
reconciliation with victims and the community at large.
-Ubuntu: African concept refers to spirit of goodwill and compassion for other human
How did Tutu view the TRC as a form of
beings
restorative justice?
-"African jurisprudence is restorative rather than retributive"
-Based: Compromise, reconciliation, restorative justice
-Wanted to develop culture of human rights (suffering and injustices never reoccur by
How did the TRC act as a form of Restorative
revealing truth)
Justice? (4 points)
-Sought truth to heal and build a new nation
-Inform public and acknowledge atrocities that occurred
What was the direct aim of the TRC? Investigate politically-motivated crimes during apartheid era
-Develop culture of human rights in new SA
What was the TRC's indirect aim/purpose? -Provide a basis for reconciliation and nation-building to form
-Acknowledge truths of the past
-Investigate human rights violations(Mar 1960 - May 1994)
What techniques did the TRC use? -Make recommendations regarding compensation for victims
-Granting amnesty to perpetrators who met specific conditions
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