Human rights and political transition in South Africa

The case of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission

Bibliographic Data

ID6235635
AuthorsCristina Buarque De Hollanda (0000-0002-1600-4044, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, corresponding author)
Year2013
Volume7
Issue1
Pages8-30
Publication date2013-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueBrazilian Political Science Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1981-3821 • E-ISSN: 1981-3821
PublisherFapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1590/s1981-38212013000100001
OpenAlexW2150212960
SCIELO_PIDS1981-38212013000100001
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited5

This article is dedicated to recounting the main initiative of Nelson Mandela's government to manage the social resentment inherited from the segregationist regime. I conducted interviews with South African intellectuals committed to the theme of transitional justice and with key personalities who played a critical role in this process. The Truth and Reconciliation Commission is presented as the primary institutional mechanism envisioned for the delicate exercise of redefining social relations inherited from the apartheid regime in South Africa. Its founders declared grandiose political intentions to the detriment of localized more palpable objectives. Thus, there was a marked disparity between the ambitious mandate and the political discourse about the commission, and its actual achievements

Commission · Economic Justice · Government (linguistics · Human rights · Mandate · Political science · Politics · Resentment · Sociology · Theme (computing · Transition (genetics · Transitional justice · African cultural and philosophical studies · Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics · Law · South African History and Culture

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