South Africa's amnesty was a unique experiment, a process designed in the heat of a remarkable and complex transition to constitutional democracy. Perpetrators from all sides of the conflict were called upon to reveal what they did and why. This thought-provoking collection of essays raises a number of critical questions surrounding amnesty and the debate it generated in South Africa and other parts of the world.
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South Africa's amnesty was a unique experiment, a process designed in the heat of a remarkable and complex transition to constitutional democracy. Perpetrators from all sides of the conflict were called upon to reveal what they did and why. This thought-provoking collection of essays raises a number of critical questions surrounding amnesty and the debate it generated in South Africa and other parts of the world.