One of the remarkable moments in the history of the 20th century occurred near its close: The work of the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission. South Africa had been embroiled in decades of horrific racial violence. The Commission's mandate was to discover the truth about politically-motivated violence, provide amnesty for truth-tellers, and reconciliation for the nation.This was a very different goal from the one pursued in the Nuremberg trials, held 50 year earlier. In [...]
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