Considering the violence of voicelessness: censorship and self-censorship related to the South African TRC process
Title Considering the violence of voicelessness: censorship and self-censorship related to the South African TRC process
Author
Call number909.82/0004
Object number10575f
Place of publicationVienna, Austria
PublisherPassagen
Year of publication
2009
Physical description14p.
MaterialArticle
Series titlePassagen Gesellschaft.
NotesInternational conference proceedings at the Kreisky-Forum, Vienna, in June 2008.
Article from the publication 'Justice and memory : confronting traumatic pasts : an international comparison' pp79-93
Article from the publication 'Justice and memory : confronting traumatic pasts : an international comparison' pp79-93
Description
The South African Truth and reconciliation Commission (TRC) was established after a public debate on how the state should respond to knowledge of extensive human rights violations perpetrated by the National Party government that ruled from 1948-1994. Many advocated a policy that would let bygones be bygones. The position that won out was one that held that there could be no peace, no unity, no reconciliation without the truth, painful as it may be to victim or perpetrator.