Truth and reconciliation: Should the key notions be revised?: Experiences from South-Africa and Rwanda
Both the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission and the Gacaca tribunals, which started recently in Rwanda, are framed in terms of truth and reconciliation. But what does the truth mean? What does reconciliation mean? It can be argued that searching the truth has a very precise meaning -...
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Victimology Society of Serbia and University of Belgrade, Faculty of Special Education and Rehabilitation
2002-01-01
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| description | Both the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission and the Gacaca tribunals, which started recently in Rwanda, are framed in terms of truth and reconciliation. But what does the truth mean? What does reconciliation mean? It can be argued that searching the truth has a very precise meaning - namely determining the details of what factually happened. And it is in this sense that most people understand the search for the truth. However it can be questioned whether this fact-finding is what the search for truth aims at in a context of transitional justice. . |
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| spelling | doaj-art-ba9f95bdeccd4afab88c2e95946e6bfb2025-08-20T03:39:04ZengVictimology Society of Serbia and University of Belgrade, Faculty of Special Education and RehabilitationTemida1450-66372002-01-0154334410.2298/TEM0204033RTruth and reconciliation: Should the key notions be revised?: Experiences from South-Africa and RwandaRombouts HeidyBoth the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission and the Gacaca tribunals, which started recently in Rwanda, are framed in terms of truth and reconciliation. But what does the truth mean? What does reconciliation mean? It can be argued that searching the truth has a very precise meaning - namely determining the details of what factually happened. And it is in this sense that most people understand the search for the truth. However it can be questioned whether this fact-finding is what the search for truth aims at in a context of transitional justice. .http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/1450-6637/2002/1450-66370204033R.pdf |
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