Post-TRC prosecutions in South Africa : accountability for political crimes after the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's amnesty process / / by Ole Bubenzer.
After the transition to democracy in 1994, South Africa implemented an innovative scheme at the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, granting perpetrators conditional amnesty. It essentially calls for the prosecution of those who did not receive amnesty for the crimes they committed during the apart...
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| Year of Publication: | 2009 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Nijhoff eBook titles
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (272 p.) |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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| Summary: | After the transition to democracy in 1994, South Africa implemented an innovative scheme at the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, granting perpetrators conditional amnesty. It essentially calls for the prosecution of those who did not receive amnesty for the crimes they committed during the apartheid conflict. This book provides the first comprehensive analysis of prosecutions after the amnesty process. Drawing on interviews with key protagonists and largely unpublished documents, the volume analyses trials and the political background. It scrutinises the issue in the normative framework of national and international human rights law, and addresses whether the prosecutions were adequately carried out. The study thus allows a concluding evaluation of the justice and consistency of South Africa’s internationally acclaimed amnesty process. |
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| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [239]-249) and index. |
| ISBN: | 1282949799 9786612949791 9047430476 |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | by Ole Bubenzer. |