| Collection No: |
AL3140 |
| Title: |
The TRC Submission concerning the Relevance of Economic, Social & Cultural Rights to the TRC's Mandate |
| Creator: |
Inventory prepared by Ethel Kriger, September 2004. Updated by Debora Matthews, March 2023 |
| Origination: |
TRC Archive Project |
| Publisher: |
SAHA |
| Inclusive Dates: |
1998-2003 |
| Extent: |
1 file |
| Language: |
English |
| Acquisition: |
Accession Number: 04-011 |
| Access Restrictions: |
This collection is open for research |
| Use Restrictions: |
Copyright restrictions may apply. See SAHA copyright statement for Use Restrictions. |
| Copyright: |
Finding Aid: © The South African History Archive (SAHA) |
| Created: |
17 August 2009 |
| Abstract: |
The Collection comprises a single item: a submission made to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) by a group of Cape Town-based non-governmental organisations whose focus during the anti-Apartheid struggle had been the promotion and protection of various human rights. A significant point of criticism by large sections of civil society was that the broad mandate of the TRC could not be satisfactorily achieved given the politically narrow definition of what constitutes gross human rights violations. Consequent to this submission the definition of “gross violation of human rights” was amended by Section 21 (a) of the Judicial Matters Amendment Act No. 104 of 1997. |
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