ISBN: 0195718054
Godina izdanja: 2000
Jezik: Engleski
Autor: Strani

Alex Boraine - A Country Unmasked: Inside South Africa`s Truth and Reconciliation
Oxford University Press, 2000
466 str.
tvrdi povez
stanje: vrlo dobro

FIRST EDITION

As Apartheid ended, South Africans felt it was necessary to put the past behind them and turn the page of history--but first they needed to read that heart-breaking, gut-wrenching page. To that end they formed the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, which had the monumental task of uncovering decades of systematic human rights violations--and doing so in a way that would help a very damaged nation to reconcile and move forward.
Here is an insider`s story of the TRC, a tale arising out of the white heat of traumatic and often harrowing disclosures from victims, survivors, and perpetrators alike. Alex Boraine, who was Vice Chairperson of the TRC (serving under Desmond Tutu), offers us an account that is by turns descriptive, reflective, analytical, anecdotal, and quite candid. We learn how he listened in awe as many of the tortured, the mourning, the insulted, the damaged, and the poor shared not only their experiences as victims but their triumph as survivors, accounts all the more remarkable because so few people showed a desire for vengeance. Indeed, many expressed their willingness to forsake revenge and commit themselves to forgiveness and reconciliation. Boraine concludes by discussing how the TRC model might benefit other societies in transition, such as Northern Ireland, Bosnia, or Rwanda.
Drawing from public documents and his own private diary, Alex Boraine shares with us the moving journey he took to come to terms with his country`s past. It is a personal account of hope breaking the bonds of hopelessness and goodness triumphing over evil.

This is Alex Boraine`s account of South Africa`s acclaimed Truth and Reconciliation Commission which was set up after the collapse of the apartheid regime. The TRC had the monumental task not only of uncovering decades of systematic human rights violations, but of doing so in a way that would help a very damaged nation to reconcile and move forward. Boaraine clearly sets out the process leading to the establishment of the TRC, describes the hearings at which victims and perpetrators testified about human rights violations, and considers reactions - inclusding criticisms - to the TRC and its final report. He analyses the key features that contributed to the Commission`s success, and gives an honest assessment of some of its mistakes. This is also a personal story, giving insight into the feelings, disappointments, and rewards that the TRC`s participants experienced. This book helps to elucidate and answer the many difficlut questions that were crucial to South Africa`s TRC , and that need to be addressed by all people who are working with societies in transition.

Pt 1. The road to reconciliation --
pt 2. Consultation and legislation : The promotion of national unity and reconciliation Act --
pt 3. Getting under way : The commission at work --
pt 4. Breaking the silence : The TRC hearings --
pt 5. Collective responsibility? Political parties and institutional hearings --
pt 6.A season of madness : P.W. Botha --
pt 7. A South African tragedy : Winnie Madikizela -- Mandela --
pt 9. Artificial even -- handedness? The achievement of the TRC --
pt 10. What price reconciliation? The achievement of the TRC --
pt 11. Beyond the TRC : The South African model and the international community --
Conclusion --
Endnotes --
Bibliography --
Index.

South Africa, Foreign & International Law, History, Civil Rights, African, Political Science, Civil Rights & Liberties, Human Rights