Making amends : the psychological impact of South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission on victims of gross human rights violations

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dc.contributor.advisorFoster, Donen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorKgalema, Lazarusen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2014-10-02T10:03:18Z
dc.date.available2014-10-02T10:03:18Z
dc.date.issued2002en_ZA
dc.descriptionBibliography: leaves 71-77.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractSouth Africa established Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) in 1995 to facilitate its nation building. The task of the Commission was to recover truth about the country's past human rights abuse and recommend a policy on reparations for the victims. This study evaluates the impact of the TRC's work of truth recovery and policy on reparations on the reconciliation process. It specifically explores opinions and views of versions of representatives (victims, political parties, former TRC members and Non Governmental Organisations) regarding the impact of TRC's truth recovery and reparations policy on the process of reconciliation. The study found, according to views of respondents interviewed here, that recovery of truth is significant in the process reconciliation. It was specifically found that truth that comes through confession will lead to healing of victims and reconcile them with perpetrators. While truth that comes through state intervention involving investigations and prosecutions may also lead to healing of victims when seeing justice meted out to the wrong doers, this method of truth recovery may alienate perpetrators.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationKgalema, L. (2002). <i>Making amends : the psychological impact of South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission on victims of gross human rights violations</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Psychology. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/7935en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationKgalema, Lazarus. <i>"Making amends : the psychological impact of South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission on victims of gross human rights violations."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Psychology, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/7935en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationKgalema, L. 2002. Making amends : the psychological impact of South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission on victims of gross human rights violations. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Kgalema, Lazarus AB - South Africa established Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) in 1995 to facilitate its nation building. The task of the Commission was to recover truth about the country's past human rights abuse and recommend a policy on reparations for the victims. This study evaluates the impact of the TRC's work of truth recovery and policy on reparations on the reconciliation process. It specifically explores opinions and views of versions of representatives (victims, political parties, former TRC members and Non Governmental Organisations) regarding the impact of TRC's truth recovery and reparations policy on the process of reconciliation. The study found, according to views of respondents interviewed here, that recovery of truth is significant in the process reconciliation. It was specifically found that truth that comes through confession will lead to healing of victims and reconcile them with perpetrators. While truth that comes through state intervention involving investigations and prosecutions may also lead to healing of victims when seeing justice meted out to the wrong doers, this method of truth recovery may alienate perpetrators. DA - 2002 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2002 T1 - Making amends : the psychological impact of South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission on victims of gross human rights violations TI - Making amends : the psychological impact of South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission on victims of gross human rights violations UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/7935 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/7935
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationKgalema L. Making amends : the psychological impact of South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission on victims of gross human rights violations. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Psychology, 2002 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/7935en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Psychologyen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherClinical Psychologyen_ZA
dc.titleMaking amends : the psychological impact of South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission on victims of gross human rights violationsen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
dc.type.qualificationnameMAen_ZA
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