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11018779

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-11-20
pubmed:abstractText
A Truth Commission is one of the institutions used in international law to investigate gross human rights violations within a specific country. In this article we examine claims that the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) was therapeutic. In the absence of empirical evidence, this examination will be guided by a theoretical framework that will reflect ways by which we believe international legal institutions can contribute tot he healing of the people of a country in which human rights abuses have taken place. We developed this framework with reference to the literature. Our conclusion is that the legislator's emphasis on truth, reconciliation, stability, and restorative justice enhanced the TRC's potential to promote healing, but that some features of this procedure and the enabling Act, the Promotion of National Unity and Reconciliation Act (1995), restricted its ability to be therapeutic. We conclude by looking at the role culture may have played in the success of the TRC.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0735-3936
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
18
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
459-77
pubmed:dateRevised
2005-11-16
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
The South African truth and reconciliation commission as a therapeutic tool.
pubmed:affiliation
School of Psychology, Edith Cowan University, 100 Joondalup Drive, Joondalup, Perth, WA 6027, Australia. a.allan@cowan.edu.au
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review