Dealing with the Past
(Cape Town, South Africa, 1994)
Focused on confronting the legacies of prior repression, building democracy and fostering post-apartheid national reconciliation. Discussions at this meeting contributed to the subsequent creation of the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
Argentina
Juan Mendez, Head of Americas Watch, Argentina
Bulgaria
Prof. Dimitrina Petrova, Director, Institute for Social and Environmental Research
Chile
José Zalaquett, Founder of National Commission for Truth and Reconciliation, Chile
Czech Republic
Prince Karel Schwarzenberg
El Salvador
Roberto Cañas, FMLN spokesman during the 1991 peace negotiations
Germany
Joachim Gauck, Federal Commissioner of the Gauck Commission, Germany
Hungary
Prof. Andras Sajo, Legal Studies, Central European University
Israel
Stanley Cohen, Law Professor, Institute of Criminology, Hebrew University
Malawi
Matembo Nzundu, Head, Department of Law, University of Malawi
Mozambique
Dr. Sergio Vieira, Centro de Estudos Africanos, Universidade Eduardo Mondlane
Poland
Helena Luczywo, Co-editor, Gazeta
Adam Michnik, Editor in Chief, Gazeta
Wiktor Osiatynski, Constitutional Advisor to the Polish Parliament
South Africa
Prof. Laurie Acherman, Constitutional Court Justice
Prof. Heribert Adam, Simon Fraser University,
Hon. Kader Asmal, ANC Negotiator and government Minister, South Africa
Frances Biggs, SA Legal Defense Fund
Alex Boraine, IDASA, South Africa
Mary Burton, Human Rights Activist, Commissioner on the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission
Fred Chikane, Secretary General, South African Council of Churches
Brian Currin, Lawyers for Human Rights
Prof. John de Gruchy, Department of Religious Studies, University of Cape Town
Prof. Johan Degenaar, Department of Sociology, University of Stellenbosch
Prof. Lourens du Plessis, Law Professor, University of Stellenbosch
Prof. Jaap du Randt, Deputy Vice-Chancellor, University of Western Cape Prof. Andre du Toit
Justice Richard Goldstone, Head of Goldstone Commissions, South Africa
Prof. Wilmot James, Department of Sociology, University of Cape Town
Dorothy Kahane, anti-apartheid activist
Michael Lapsley, Trauma Centre for Victims of Violence and Torture
Mbuyi Mhawuli
Dikgang Moseneke, Momentum Centre; Independent Electoral Commission
Paizoah Gcina
Nthato Motlana, anti-apartheid activist, businessman and Mandela family physician
Dumise Ntsebeza, anti-apartheid activist, lawyer
Nomonde Calata, widow of Fort Calata who was murdered by the apartheid security police in 1985
Andre Odendaal, Mayibuye Centre, University of Western Cape
Barney Pityana, Department of Religious Studies, University of Cape Town
Albie Sachs, Department of Community Law, University of Western Cape
Prof. Michael Savage, Executive Director, Open Society Foundation
Dr. Annette Seegers, Department Political Studies, University of Cape Town
Dr. FVZ Slabbert, Khula Investments
Lawrence Weschler, The New Yorker
United Kingdom
Bronwen Manby, Africa Watch
United States
Wendy W. Luers, President, Foundation for a Civil Society
Aryeh Neier, Open Society Fund
Eric Nonacs, Project Director, Project on Justice in Times of Transition
Timothy Phillips, Co-chair, The Project on Justice in Tunes of Transition
Tina Rosenberg, Author and Journalist, National Security Archives
Zimbabwe
Enoch Dumbutshena, Chief Justice, Harare
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