Truth and reconciliation commission efforts in south africa

Truth and reconciliation commission was intended to ensure national reconciliation and Unity through a four-step process. He organization intended to identify the causes and the various human rights violations that occurred between 1960 and 1994, identification of the victims of the human rights violation, conducting the provision of amnesty, and the compilation of reports regarding the occurrences that relate to the incidences (Lawrence 2016, p. This paper critically analyses the reasoning behind the TRC of South Africa, their exact vision, the protocols behind the completion of reports, and their struggles to achieve their objectives. The paper also uses the understanding of the objectives of the TRC to draw conclusion whether the organization achieved its objectives or not. TRC procedures and criticisms The organization has a well outlined procedures to collect data.

The commission has been criticized for having a group of people who had an affiliation to various parties in South Africa which may have led to lack of justice in the organization. The concept of amnesty is thought to be given based on political preferences. Some people believe that some of the cultures of the South African people were liberal enough to make the commission appear as if it was working towards achieving justice of the people of southern Africa (Shore 2016, p. Furthermore, the organization is believed to have been founded by relatively forgiving leaders of South Africa like Nelson Mandela, which is believed to limit the finding of justice. The approach helped in dealing with the past with a ceremonial sense to ensure that there was peace in South Africa.

The involvement of the government makes the organization to be slow to protect the interest of the majority who might be wrong. The effect that has led the government to face various problems like Xenophobia that is occurring currently (Grey and Alison 2016, p. In as much as the apartheid regime took a long time to settle the period in which the Truth and Reconciliation have put in the efforts to reconcile South Africa appears to take a relatively longer period than expected. TRC Progress and Final Report Twenty years is not less to determine the effectivity of an organization that has been operating since 1995 (Stein 2008, p. The pain that had been caused by the harsh laws in South Africa took a long time, and it stills consumes takes time and money to help in establishing whether the moves made by various specific organizations could help.

Some rules and regulations govern the ways through which the rehabilitation programs are done to ensure the dignity of the various individuals who have been affected. The approach by South Africa appears to be inspiring enough to ensure that the rest of the populations can get the requisite approaches to help in solving all the problems that they face. The various groups of people who have been involved in the production processes must be able to have all the activities run as effectively as possible (Stein 2008, p. The various countries that admire the approach of South Africa understand that the various efforts to ensure health take a relatively long time. South Africa has been able to move from the previous apartheid regime that enforced the racial segregation to a governmental system that can be emulated by a wide group of people across the world.

The reports also include the state of security of south Africa currently do determine the progress of the organization. Conclusion In summary, in as much as the Truth and reconciliation Commission of south Africa has made progress towards ensuring that there is unity between Black and Whites, the approach tends to be slow. The fact that the organization has interests of the government indicates that it has a lesser capability in solving previous injustices as compared to the previous non-governmental organizations that came before. The detachment of the organization from the non-governmental organization indicates that there might be alterations on the international laws regarding the human freedoms and justices. References Grey, S. J. , Seedat, S. , Kaminer, D. , Moomal, H. , Herman, A.