The aim of this report is to examine the 'Healing of Memories' (HOM) process as one intervention in the larger discourse around truth and reconciliation in South Africa since 1994 until today. HOM workshops present one of the few institutionalised…
This report documents this ongoing tension between independence and accountability as it affects the magistracy. It does so through three case studies that can be framed as encounters with the independence-accountability issue: the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), the lay…
This report examines the relationship between Peace/Conflict Resolution Organisations and the TRC. Based mainly on interviews with NGO and TRC staff, the report outlines the various ways that NGOs participated in the development of the TRC legislation and engaged with…
This report evaluates the significance of community based monuments as symbols of reconciliation among communities characterised by a history of conflict. It examines how these symbols contributed to peace processes whilst serving as a source of remembrance of the past…
This is the first chapter in the "Past Imperfect: Strategies for Dealing with Past Political Violence in Northern Ireland, South Africa and Countries in Transition," by Brandon Hamber. The chapter furthers the debate about dealing with, or perhaps not dealing…
This report draws on the proceedings of a conference organised by the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation in South Africa in April 1998. The purpose of the conference, 'From Truth to Transformation,' was to evaluate the work…