Considering the violence of voicelessness: censorship and self-censorship related to the South African TRC process
Titre Considering the violence of voicelessness: censorship and self-censorship related to the South African TRC process
Auteur
Call number909.82/0004
N° d'objet10575f
Lieu de publicationVienna, Austria
EditeurPassagen
Année de publication
2009
Pagination14p.
MatérielArticle
SériePassagen 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.