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Looking Back, Reaching Forward
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Foreword - Mr Justice Richard Goldstone Introduction Part I: The Historical Context and Origins of the Commission 1. A Struggle for Human Rights: From the UN Declaration of Human Rights to the present - Dumisa Ntsebeza 2. The Historical Context, Legal Origins and Philosophical Foundations of the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission - Johnny de Lange 3. Same Species, Different Animal: How South Africa Compares to Truth Commissions worldwide - Priscilla Hayner 4. Justice Without Punishment: Guaranteeing Human Rights in Transitional Societies - Paul van Zyl Part II: The Philosophical Framework of the Commission 5. The Moral Justification of Truth Commissions - Rajeev Bhargava 6. Restorative Justice: Dealing with the Past Differently - Charles Villa-Vicencio 7. Making Moral Judgements - Mary Burton 8. When the Assassin Cries Foul: The Modern Just War Doctrine - Kader and Louise Asmal, and Ronald Suresh Roberts 9. The Law and Struggle: The Same, but Different - Hugh Corder 10. Combatting Myth and Building Reality - Colleen Scott 11. Truth and Reconciliation as Performance - Spectres of Eucharistic Redemption. Ebrahim Moosa 12. The Baruti vs the Lawyers: The Role of Religion in the TRC Process - Piet Meiring Part III: What the Commission Sought to Acheive 13. Historical Truth - Something to Fight for. Janet Cherry 14. Truth as a Trigger for Transformation: From Apartheid Injustice to Transformational Justice - Willie Esterhuyse 15. Towards the Recognition of Our Past Injustices - Wilhelm Verwoerd 16. Where Healing Begins - Yazir Henry 17. Justice and Amnesty - Ronald C. Slye 18. Amnesty: The Burden of Victims - Richard Lyster 19. Amnesty and Denial - Nkosinathi Biko 20. Getting on With Life: A Move Towards Reconciliation - Charles Villa-Vicencio 21. Reconciliation: A Call to Action - Mxolisi Mgxashe 22. What Makes a Perpetrator? An Attempt to Understand - Don Foster 23. A Personal Encounter with Perpetrators - Ginn Fourie 24. Reparation Delayed is Healing Retarded - Wendy Orr 25. Insufficient Healing and Reparation - Nomfundo Walaza Part IV: After the Commission 26. An Opportunity for Peace - Archbishop Njongonkulu Ndungane 27. Dealing with Systematic Economic Injustice - Sampie Terreblanche 28. National Reconciliation: Holy Grail or Secular Pact? - Jakes Gerwel Appendix: Key sections from the Mandate chapter, TRC Report, Volume I Index

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The Truth and Reconciliation Commission chaired by Archbishop Desmond Tutu has been a defining experience in South Africa's transition to democratic and non-racial rule. This anthology, an assessment of the Commission process, is intended to illuminate the realities of South Africa.

About the Author

Charles Villa-Vicencio is the former director of research of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. His coeditor, Wilhelm Verwoerd, teaches in the department of philosophy at the University of Stellenbosch, and was a former researcher with the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.

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An indispensable painful plunge into the process of healing in South Africa that does not spare us emotionally or intellectually. By telling the truth about how the truth itself was told and also hidden, this provocative book deepens our understanding of both violence and redemption.
*Ariel Dorfman*

The TRC has made a significant contribution to political transition. It has, inevitably, also left us with unfinished business, which now becomes the task of us all. This book makes an important contribution to this process.
*Barney Pityana, Chairperson, South African Human Rights Commission*

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