Considering the violence of voicelessness: censorship and self-censorship related to the South African TRC process
Titolo Considering the violence of voicelessness: censorship and self-censorship related to the South African TRC process
Autore
Call number909.82/0004
Numero oggetto10575f
Luogo di pubblicazioneVienna, Austria
EditorePassagen
Anno di pubblicazione
2009
Paginazione14p.
MaterialeArticle
SeriePassagen 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
Descrizione
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.