When the State Fails: The Role of the Khulumani Support Group in Obtaining Reparations for Victims of Apartheid
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https://doi.org/10.25159/2522-6800/2929Keywords:
reparations, victims, transitional justice, Khulumani, Truth and Reconciliation Committee, civil society, victim organsiations, Alien Tort Claims ActAbstract
‘Politics begins when one decides not to represent victims … but to befaithful to those events during which victims politically assert themselves.’Alain Badiou (1985). Peut on penser la politique?
It is argued that one should not look at the state as the sole actor capable of delivering justice in transitional and post-transitional contexts. Victim organisations can be equally well equipped as and, in certain contexts, better equipped than the state to represent the interests of victims and to assist in formulating reparation policies.
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