The Jakarta Post, May 11, 2006
Aboeprijadi Santoso, Berlin, Germany
Truth and reconciliation tribunals have been in vogue since former South African President Nelson Mandela launched formal pre-judiciary processes to help heal the victims of apartheid and re-unite his nation during the 1990s. Yet few other countries burdened with a troubled past have satisfactorily dealt with it by experimenting with transitional justice processes.
Some countries, such as Germany, succeeded without it. Whether the „Truth“ will finally ... read more