Truth and reconciliation Commision in South Africa. Final report

The Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC)  was a court-like body assembled in South Africa after the end of Apartheid. Anybody who felt he or she had been a victim of violence could come forward and be heard at the TRC. Perpetrators of violence could also give testimony and request amnesty from prosecution. The TRC was seen by many as a crucial component of the transition to full and free democracy in South Africa and, despite some flaws, is generally - though not universally - regarded as successful.

Foreword by Archbishop Desmond Tutu

Section 1 : Report of the Amnesty Committee Introduction
Chapter 1: The Legal Basis of the Amnesty Process
Chapter 2: Administrative Report
Chapter 3: Modus Operandi of the Committee
Chapter 4: Legal Challenges
Chapter 5: Some Reflections on the Amnesty Process

Section 2: Report of the Reparation and Rehabilitation Committee
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: The Case for Reparation and Rehabilitation: Domestic and International Law
Chapter 3: The Argument for Reparation: Comparative and Customary Law
Chapter 4: The Argument for Reparation: What the Witnesses Say
Chapter 5: Reparations and the Business Sector
Chapter 6: Reparations and Civil Society
Chapter 7: Implications and Concluding Comments
Chapter 8: Administrative Report

Section 3: The Intersection between the Work of the Human Rights Violations Committee and the Amnesty Committee
Chapter 1: The Former South African Government and its Security Forces
Chapter 2: The ANC and Allied Organisations
Chapter 3: The Inkatha Freedom Party
Chapter 4: The Pan Africanist Congress
Chapter 5: Azanian People’s Organisation
Chapter 6: Right-Wing Groups

Section 4: Report of the Human Rights Violations Committee
Chapter 1: Abductions,Disappearances and Missing Persons
Chapter 2: Exhumations
Chapter 3: Administrative Report
Appendix: The ‘Third Force’

Section 5: Findings and Recommendations
Chapter 1: The Legal Framework within which the Commission made Findings in the Context of International Law
Appendix 1: Applicability of the Geneva Conventions
Appendix 2
Chapter 2: Holding the State Accountable
Chapter 3: Holding the ANC Accountable
Appendix: ANC Declaration to ICRC
Chapter 4: Holding the IFP Accountable
Appendix 1: Schedule of Changes and Corrections
Appendix 2: Appendix Concerning IFP Findings
Chapter 5: Holding the PAC Accountable
Chapter 6: Holding Right-Wing Groups Accountable
Chapter 7: Recommendations

Section 6: Administration
Report of the Chief Executive Officer
Managerial Reports
Annual Financial
Statements
Errata to the final report
Acronyms