Identity area
Type of entity
Corporate body
Authorized form of name
Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC)
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TRC
Description area
Dates of existence
1995-1998
History
Established by Mandela in 1995 as a way for South Africa to heal after decades of brutal abuse in the apartheid era.The work of the TRC was done through the Human Rights Violation Committee investigating human rights abuses occurring from 1960 to 1994; the Reparation and Repatriation Committee dealing with compensation and the Amnesty Committee would consider granting amnesty from prosecution to those perpetrators provided they make full disclosure and acted politically. In 1998 the TRC delivered its report to Mandela, and completed its work in 2003.
Places
South Africa
Legal status
The TRC was based on the Promotion of National Unity and Reconciliation Act, No 34 of 1995
Functions, occupations and activities
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Internal structures/genealogy
General context
Relationships area
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Control area
Authority record identifier
ZA-COM-01839
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Rules and/or conventions used
Status
Final