Resources on Services for
Victims of Political Violence in Southern Africa

Books

P. Braken and C. Petty, Rethinking the Trauma of War Free Association Books, London 1998.

V. Das, A. Kleinman, M. Lock, M.Ramphele and P. Reynolds, Remaking a World University of California Press, Berkeley 2001.

E. Doxtader and C. Villa-Vicencio, To Repair the Irreparable, Reparation and Reconstruction in South Africa David Philip Publishers, Cape Town 2004

B. Efraime Junior, 'Armed Conflict and the Sexual Abuse of Children in Mozambique' in Sexual Abuse of Young Children in Southern Africa, edited by L. Richter, A. Dawes and C. Higson-Smith, HSRC Press, Cape Town 2004

J. Herman, Trauma and Recovery: From Domestic Abuse to Political Terror Basic, New York 1992

S. Jacoby, Wild Justice: The Evolution of Revenge Harper and Row, New York 1983

M. Minow, Between Vengeance and Forgiveness: Facing History after Genocide and Mass Violence Beacon Press, Boston 1998

J. G. Murphy and J. Hampton, Forgiveness and Mercy Cambridge University Press, New York 1998

C. Scott, Torture as Tort. Comparative Perspectives on the Development of Transnational Human Rights Litigation Hart Publishing, Oxford 2001

D. Shelton, Remedies in International Human Rights Law Oxford University Press, Oxford 1999

R. Teitel, Transitional Justice Oxford University Press, Oxford 2000

E. Valentine Daniel, Charred Lullabies: An Anthropography of Violence Princeton University Press, Princeton 1996

C. Welch Jr., Protecting Human Rights in Africa: Roles and Strategies of Non-Governmental Organizations University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia 1995

P. T. Zeleza and P. J. McConnaughay, Human Rights, The Rule of Law and Development in Africa University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia 2004

Journals

C. Tomuschat, 'Reparation for Victims of Gross Human Rights Violations' Tulane Journal of International and Comparative Law vol. 10 (2002) 157

D. Summerfield, 'Raising the Dead; War, Reparation and the Politics of Memory' British Medical Journal, vol. 311 (1995) 495

B. Stephens, 'Translating Filartiga: A Comparative and International Law Analysis of Domestic Remedies for International Human Rights Violations' Yale Journal of International Law vol. 27, 1 (2002) 1

M. Gibney and E. Roxstrom, 'The Status of State Apologies' Human Rights Quarterly vol. 23, 4 (2001) 911

I. Mosala, 'The Meaning of Reconciliation: A Black Perspective' Journal of Theology for Southern Africa 59 (1987) 19

T. Govier and W. Verwoerd, 'The Promise and Pitfalls of Apologies' Journal of Social Philosophy 33 (2002) 153

S. L. Harring, 'German Reparations to the Herero Nation: An Assertion of Herero Nationhood in the Path of Namibian Development?' West Virginia Law Review (Winter 2002) 393

Reports and Statements

Truth and Reconciliation Commission of South Africa Report, Volume Six, Section Two, 2003 accessed at http://www.doj.gov.za/trc/report/index.htm

President Thabo Mbeki 'Statement to the National Houses of Parliament for the Tabling of the Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission' 15 April 3003 accessed at http://anc.org.za/anc-docs/history/mbei/2003/tm0415.html

Human Rights and Democracy in Southern Africa; Papers presented at the conference: cultivating co-operation amongst human rights institutions in the UNITWIN [University Twinning Project] Network in Southern Africa New Namibia Books, University of Namibia

Case Law

Administrator of the Transvaal and Others v. Traub and Others 1989 (4) SA 731 (A) for the principle of legitimate expectation

Azapo and Others v. The President of the RSA and others 1996 (8) BCLR 1015 for principles on restitution

Velasquez-Rodriquez v. Honduras, Inter-American Court of Human Rights, Serie C, nr.7, 21 July 1989 for principles on compensatory damages

International Agreements and Documents

United Nations Commission on Human Rights, The Right to Restitution, Compensation and Rehabilitation for Victims of Gross Violations of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms. Final Report of the Special Rapporteur, Mr. M. Cherif Bassiouni, submitted in accordance with Commission Resolution 1999/33 being United Nations Doc. E/CN.4/2000/62, 18 January 2000

Violations of human rights in southern Africa: report of the ad hoc working group of experts prepared in accordance with Commission of Human Rights resolutions 1987/8 and 1987/14 and Economic and Social Council resolution 1987/63. New York, 1988

I. Babakake, Background to the struggle against the violation of human rights in Southern Africa. Violations of Human Rights: Possible Rights of Recourse and Forms of Resistance, edited by UNESCO. Paris: UNESCO.; pp. 119-131; 1981

M. Kunene, Origins and development of the liberation movements as a means of combating violations of human rights and, in particular, apartheid. Violations of Human Rights: Possible Rights of Recourse and Forms of Resistance, edited by UNESCO. Paris: UNESCO.; pp. 132-143; 1981

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