From Rhetoric to Responsibility:
Making reparations to the surviviors of past political violence in South Africa

Brandon Hamber & Tlhoki Mofokeng (eds)

 

Acknowledgments

Thank you to all the authors for their contributions, as well as to Kenneth Creamer for his comments on Chapter Seven. We are also grateful to the Institute for Justice and Reconciliation for allowing us to use Yasmin Sooka's paper. Thank you to Barbara English from Wordsmith for her editorial assistance.

This booklet was funded by the European Union Foundation for Human Rights. The CSVR's work in this area is also supported by the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation and the Embassy of Ireland.

 

Contents Preface Chapter 1 Contextualising Reconciliation and Reparations in South Africa Tlhoki Mofokeng and Brandon Hamber Chapter 2 The TRC's Recommendations on Rehabilitation and Reparation Mpho Leseka Chapter 3 Common guilt or common responsibility? Moral arguments for reparations Father Michael Lapsley and Karen Chubb Chapter 4 The Unfinished Business of the TRC Yasmin Sooka Chapter 5 Constitutional, International and Comparative Law Perspectives on Reparation Shadrack Gutto Chapter 6 An Assessment of the Impact of Urgent Interim Reparations Anna Crawford-Pinnerup Chapter 7 Financing a Reparations Scheme for Victims of Political Violence Brandon Hamber and Kamilla Rasmussen Chapter 8 Righting the Wrongs: Dealing with the difficulties of granting reparations Brandon Hamber

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