Prisons are a vital part of the criminal justice system often overlooked in the struggle for peace and stability. This article considers the many issues which remain unresolved despite the protests and severe destruction caused by the prison riots in 1994.
This paper underlines how reconciliation needs dialogue at all levels of society, and the arts can facilitate that dialogue.
This paper is concerned with the seemingly imminent issue of legislation to establish a Truth and Reconciliation Commission in South Africa, and with the related controversial issues of indemnification of past human rights perpetrators and public access to information relating to these abuses during the apartheid era, as well as during the subsequent negotiation period.
This paper explores the complexities of the reconciliation process and what it would take from an individualistic and societal perspective to have a successful transition.
This paper explores issues relating to reparations for victims of past abuses. It offers an overview of truth commissions and reparations in Chile, Argentina and El Salvador.
This paper describes the major challenges faced by the new government in realizing the Constitutional vision of one accountable and transparent South African Police Service. The issues selected reflect concern with the transformation of the police organization, as the central institution in the broader enterprise of policing. They could be regarded as priority items on the agenda of elected politicians and police leaders responsible for the reform process.