AL3140 :: The TRC Submission concerning the Relevance of Economic, Social & Cultural Rights to the TRC's Mandate

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.