Reparation and Rehabilitation Committee

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The Reparation and Rehabilitation Committee was a specialized body of South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission responsible for addressing victims’ needs through recommendations for compensation, support, and restorative measures.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf specialized body ⓘ
truth commission committee ⓘ
activeIn 1990s ⓘ
appliesTo victims of gross human rights violations ⓘ
country South Africa ⓘ
dissolvedWith Truth and Reconciliation Commission ⓘ
focus compensation ⓘ
medical and psychological support ⓘ
restorative and symbolic measures ⓘ
social and educational support ⓘ
formedAsPartOf implementation of the Promotion of National Unity and Reconciliation Act ⓘ
goal acknowledge suffering of victims ⓘ
contribute to national reconciliation ⓘ
restore dignity of victims ⓘ
hasApproach restorative justice approach ⓘ
victim-centred approach ⓘ
jurisdiction South Africa ⓘ
legalBasis Promotion of National Unity and Reconciliation Act, No. 34 of 1995 ⓘ
locatedIn Cape Town ⓘ
South Africa ⓘ
makesRecommendationsTo Government of South Africa ⓘ
parentOrganization Truth and Reconciliation Commission of South Africa ⓘ
partOf Truth and Reconciliation Commission ⓘ
purpose address victims’ needs ⓘ
formulate recommendations for reparation ⓘ
promote restorative justice measures ⓘ
support rehabilitation of victims ⓘ
relatedTo Amnesty Committee ⓘ
Human Rights Violations Committee ⓘ
reportsTo Truth and Reconciliation Commission ⓘ
responsibility advise government on implementation of reparations ⓘ
assess needs of victims and survivors ⓘ
develop reparation policy ⓘ
monitor interim reparations ⓘ
propose urgent interim relief for victims ⓘ
recommend community rehabilitation measures ⓘ
recommend financial compensation ⓘ
recommend institutional reforms related to victims’ needs ⓘ
recommend symbolic reparations ⓘ
subjectOf Truth and Reconciliation Commission Final Report ⓘ
timePeriod post-apartheid transition in South Africa ⓘ
usesInformationFrom victim statements collected by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission ⓘ
worksOn reparation policy for apartheid-era abuses ⓘ

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Truth and Reconciliation Commission (South Africa) → hasSubBody → Reparation and Rehabilitation Committee ⓘ
Promotion of National Unity and Reconciliation Act, No. 34 of 1995 → establishes → Committee on Reparation and Rehabilitation ⓘ
linked to: Reparation and Rehabilitation Committee
Truth and Reconciliation Commission → hasSubBody → Reparation and Rehabilitation Committee ⓘ
subject linked to: TRC
Amnesty Committee → relatedTo → Reparation and Rehabilitation Committee ⓘ