Publications

Truth and Reconciliation Commission

• Abrahamsen, T. & van der Merwe, H. (2005). Reconciliation through Amnesty? Amnesty Applicants' Views of the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Research report written for the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation.

• Brocklehurst, H., Stott, N., Hamber, B. & Robinson, G. (2000). Lesson Drawing from Negotiated Transitions in Northern Ireland and South Africa. Prepared for delivery at the 2000 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Marriot Wardman Park, August 31 - September 3.

• Buford, W. & van der Merwe, H. (2004). Reparations in Southern Africa. In Cahiers d'études africaines, Vol. 44, Issues 1-2.

• Colvin, C. (2005). Key Resources on Reparations in Southern Africa. Bibliography compiled for the Southern Africa Reconciliation Project.

• Colvin, C. (2005). Key Resources on Social and Political Reconciliation in Southern Africa. Bibliography compiled for the Southern Africa Reconciliation Project.

• Colvin, C. (2000). 'We Are Still Struggling': Storytelling, Reparations and Reconciliation after the TRC. Research report written for the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation in collaboration with Khulumani (Western Cape) Victims Support Group and the Cape Town Trauma Centre for Survivors of Violence and Torture, December.

• Ernest, C. (ed). (2001). Principled Choices: Medical Ethics in South Africa. Johannesburg: Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation.

• Gready, P. & Kgalema, L. (2000). Magistrates Under Apartheid: A case study of professional ethics and the politicisation of justice. Research report written for the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation, August.

• Hamber, B. (2000). Repairing the Irreparable: Dealing with double-binds of making reparations for crimes of the past. In Ethnicity and Health, Vol. 5, No. 3 & 4.

• Hamber, B. & Mofokeng, T. (eds). (2000). From Rhetoric to Responsibility:
  Making reparations to the surviviors of past political violence in South Africa. Johannesburg: Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation, October.

• Hamber, B., Nageng, D. & O'Malley, G. (2000). "Telling It Like It Is...": Understanding the Truth and Reconciliation Commission from the Perspective of Survivors. In Psychology in Society (PINS), Vol. 26, pp. 18-42.

• Kayser, U. (2001). Interventions after the TRC – Reconciliation, Advocacy & Healing. Workshop report written for the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation, October.

• Kayser, U. (2001). What do we tell our children? The work of the Centre for Ubuntu in Cape Town (formerly the Religious Response to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission). Research report written for the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation and the Department of Social Anthropology, University of Cape Town (UCT), February.

• Kayser, U. (2000). Creating a Space for Remembrance: The Healing of Memories Process. Research report written for the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation and the Institute for Healing of Memories, January.

• Kgalema, L. & Gready, P. (2000). Transformation of the Magistracy: Balancing independence and accountability in the new democratic order. Research report written for the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation, July.

• Kimani, S. (2001). Report of The National Strategy Workshop on Reparations. Parktonian Hotel, Johannesburg, 31 October.

• Maepa, T. & Geyer, Y. (2002). Facilitators Guide to Reconciliation in South African Communities. Johannesburg: Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation. Available on request from Xoliswa Ntintili at xntintili@csvr.org.za.

• McPherson, D. (2001). Supporting Post-Conflict Reconciliation: An Assessment of International Assistance to South Africa's Truth Commission. Research report written for the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation, April.

• Makhalemele, O. (2004). Southern Africa Reconciliation Project: Khulumani Case Study. Research report written as part of the Southern Africa Reconciliation Project.

• Makhalemele, O. (2004). Still not talking: Government's exclusive reparations policy and the impact of the 30 000 financial reparations on survivors. Research report written for the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation.

• McKinley, D. (2004). The State of Access to Information in South Africa. Research report written for the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation.

• Neumann, J. (2001). Reconciliation and the Transformation of Conflicts: The Reconciliation and Reconstruction Programme of the Quaker Peace Centre. Research report written for the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation, May.

• Picker, R. (2005). Victims' Perspectives about the Human Rights Violations Hearings. Research report written for the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation, February.

• Posel, D. & Simpson, G. (eds) (2002). Commissioning the Past: Understanding South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Johannesburg: Witwatersrand University Press, July.

• Rauch, J. (2004). Police Transformation and the South African TRC. Race and Citizenship in Transition Series.

• Rombouts, H. (2002). The Legal Profession and the TRC: A Study of a Tense Relationship. Research report written for the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation, February.

• Simpson, G. (2002). "Uncivil Society" - Challenges for Reconciliation and Justice in South Africa After the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Paper presented in Sweden, April.

• Simpson, G. (2000). Rebuilding Fractured Societies: Reconstruction, reconciliation and the changing nature of violence - Some self-critical insights from post-apartheid South Africa. Paper commissioned by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).

• Simpson, G., Hamber, B. & Stott, N. (2001). Future Challenges to Policy-Making in Countries in Transition. Presentation to the Workshop Comparative Experiences of Policy Making and Implementation in Countries in Transition, 6th - 7th February 2001, Derry/Londonderry, Northern Ireland.

• Valji, N. (2006). Ghana's National Reconciliation Commission: A comparative assessment. Occasional paper written for the International Center for Transitional Justice, September. [ 1.51 MB]

• Valji, N. (2004). Reconciliación y reparación: un balance. In Vanguardia Dossier, "Potencias emergentes: China, India, Brasil y Sudáfrica", No. 12 July/September. [Spanish]

• Valji, N. (2003). South Africa: no justice without reparation. openDemocracy, 2 July.

• van der Merwe, H. (2003). The Role of the Church in Promoting Reconciliation in Post–TRC South Africa. In Chapman, A. & Spong, B. (eds), Religion and Reconciliation in South Africa, Philadelphia: Templeton Foundation Press.

• van der Merwe, H. (2002). National Narrative versus Local Truths: The Truth and Reconciliation Commission's Engagement with Duduza. In Posel, D. & Simpson, G. (eds), Commissioning the Past: Understanding South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission, pp. 269-281, Johannesburg: Witwatersrand University Press.

• van der Merwe, H. (2000). Evaluation of the Health Sector Hearing: Conceptualising Human Rights and Reconciliation. Research report written for the Centre for the Study of violence and Reconciliation, December.