Post-TRC Prosecutions in South Africa : Accountability for Political Crimes After the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s Amnesty Process

After the transition to democracy in 1994, South Africa implemented an innovative scheme at the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, granting perpetrators conditional amnesty. It essentially calls for the prosecution of those who did not receive amnesty for the crimes they committed during the apartheid conflict. This book provides the first comprehensive analysis of prosecutions after the amnesty process. Drawing on interviews with key protagonists and largely unpublished documents, the volume analyses trials and the political background. It scrutinises the issue in the normative framework of national and international human rights law, and addresses whether the prosecutions were adequately carried out. The study thus allows a concluding evaluation of the justice and consistency of South Africa’s internationally acclaimed amnesty process. Dealing With The Legacy Of The Past : Transitional Justice In South Africa -- Prosecution Of Political Crimes After The Trc -- The Politics Of Prosecutions -- Normative Standards And Practical Prospects For Further Prosecutions -- Conclusion. By Ole Bubenzer. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [239]-249) And Index. This book offers the first comprehensive analysis and evaluation of criminal prosecutions required after the Truth and Reconciliation Commissiona (TM)s amnesty process, putting the issue into a normative and practical perspective of transitional justice in South Africa