The Provocations of Amnesty: Memory, Justice and Impunity

Abstract

Prosecutions, amnesty and nation-building: Debating the questions of amnesty - a symposium convened in Cape Town, 4 October 2001 introductory remarks why prosecutions are necessary the Case for a general amnesty prosecutorial discretion four sayings and a denouement responding to the symposium - the legacy of the TRC Dumisa ntsebeza - revisiting the TRC's assumptions about racial healing. Can amnesty be reconciled with justice? restorative justice - ambiguities and limitations of a theory alternatives to revenge - building a vocabulary of reconciliation through political pardon truth commissions and judicial trials - complementary or antagonistic servants of public justice? amnesty and international law. the concept, context and controversy of Public Amnesty the choice for amnesty - did political Necessity Trump Moral Duty? easy to forget or never (Again) hard to remember? History, Memory and the 'Publicity' of Amnesty amnesty from an african point of view South Africa's amnesty revisited. amnesty at the TRC - organisational dilemmas, critical assessments an overview of the TRC amnesty process truth, evidence, and history - a critical review of aspects of the amnesty process degrees of truth - amnesty and limitations in the truth recovery project. After amnesty: Imperatives, applications, and uncertainty to prosecute or not to prosecute? constitutional and legal issues concerning criminal trials a second bite at the amnesty cherry? constitutional and policy issues around legislation for a Second amnesty the presidential pardons and the media - healing a wound with salt apartheid's victims in the Midst of Amnesty's promise truth without reconciliation, reconciliation without truth.

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