Historical Policy of the Roh Moo-hyun’s Government in South Korea: Seeking Reconciliation with the Past

2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 305-315
Author(s):  
Natalya N. Kim
Keyword(s):  
Civil Rights ◽  
Truth And Reconciliation Commission ◽  
Reconciliation Commission ◽  
Korean Society ◽  
Truth And Reconciliation ◽  
Historical Justice ◽  
20Th Century History ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Historical Past

Historical policy was one of the main directions of the domestic policy of the Roh Moo-hyuns government (2003-2008). The ideological justification of revising the 20th century history of Korea was the idea of building a new Korean society based on the principles of democracy and the rule of civil rights and freedoms. Through the implementation of a new historical policy the Roh Moo-hyuns government tried to prove that the creation of such a society was impossible without revealing the truth about the historical past, in which the state repeatedly neglected civil rights and committed crimes. Increased attention to issues of restoration of the historical justice is typical for the current government of Moon Jae-in, the political successor of Roh Moo-hyun. Based on the analysis of the governmental documents, legislation this paper reveals the main disagreements between political parties of the Republic of Korea around the establishment of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, identifies the key results of its activities.

The Triumph of Olemaun: Survivance, Empathic Unsettlement, and Restorying the History of Canadian Residential Schools

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 132-146
Author(s):  
Anah-Jayne Markland
Keyword(s):  
Residential Schools ◽  
Truth And Reconciliation Commission ◽  
Aboriginal Peoples ◽  
Close Reading ◽  
Reconciliation Commission ◽  
Mandatory Education ◽  
Truth And Reconciliation ◽  
Young Readers ◽  
History Of ◽  
Age Appropriate

The ignorance of many Canadians regarding residential schools and their traumatic legacy is emphasised in the reports of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) as a foundational obstacle to achieving reconciliation. Many of the TRC's calls to action involve education that dispels and corrects this ignorance, and the commission demands ‘age-appropriate curriculum on residential schools, Treaties, and Aboriginal peoples' historical and contemporary contributions to Canada’ to be made ‘a mandatory education requirement for Kindergarten to Grade Twelve students’ (Calls to Action 62.i). How to incorporate the history of residential schools in kindergarten and early elementary curricula has been much discussed, and one tool gaining traction is Indigenous-authored picturebooks about Canadian residential schools. This article conducts a close reading of Margaret Pokiak-Fenton and Christy Jordan-Fenton's picturebook When I Was Eight (2013). The picturebook gathers Indigenous and settler children together to contest master settler narratives regarding the history of residential schools. Using Gerald Vizenor's concept of ‘survivance’ and Dominick LaCapra's notion of ‘empathic unsettlement’, the article argues that picturebooks work to unsettle young readers empathetically as part of restorying settler myths about residential schools and implicating young readers in the work of reconciliation.

Reading with empathy: Sindiwe Magona’s Mother to Mother

2012 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 181-195 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne Whitehead
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
Truth And Reconciliation Commission ◽  
Affective Experience ◽  
The South ◽  
Reconciliation Commission ◽  
White Mother ◽  
Truth And Reconciliation ◽  
Political Critique ◽  
History Of ◽  
Black Motherhood

Through a reading of Sindiwe Magona’s Mother to Mother (1998), this article assesses claims for the empathetic potential of reading fiction, as a means of promoting cross-racial understanding. Drawing on feminist theorists Ann Cvetkovich, Clare Hemmings, and Sara Ahmed, I uncover the modes of political critique that can reside in resisting affective identification, and position Magona’s rejection of empathetic cross-racial connection as a critique of the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC). I focus particularly on Magona’s representation of black motherhood, and argue that Mother to Mother seeks to inscribe the systematic violation of the maternal relation under apartheid – a form of violence that was not registered by the TRC – and also to position the black mother’s affective experience outside of the empathetic reach of the white mother, precisely because it is embedded in a long history of social, political, and material dispossession.

A Long Path toward Reconciliation and Accountability: A Truth and Reconciliation Commission and a Special Chamber for Burundi?

2012 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 71-100 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matteo Crippa
Keyword(s):  
Truth And Reconciliation Commission ◽  
Peace Agreement ◽  
Consultation Process ◽  
Reconciliation Commission ◽  
Truth And Reconciliation ◽  
History Of ◽  
Accountability Mechanism ◽  
Political Milieu ◽  
The Government ◽  
Dual Mechanism

The recent history of Burundi is characterized by cyclical ethnic strife between the Hutu majority, comprising approximately 85 per cent of the population, and the Tutsi. A peace agreement was signed in 2000, and in 2005 the UN recommended the establishment of a dual mechanism, namely a non-judicial accountability mechanism in the form of a truth commission, and a judicial accountability mechanism in the form of a special chamber. Little progress toward their establishment was achieved, however, with the process stalled by outbreaks of violence and the country’s fragmented political milieu. In 2011, significant momentum has been gained with the completion of a country-wide consultation process and the resumption of negotiations between the government and the UN. Building upon these developments, this article reviews the architecture of the proposed mechanism and sets forth various considerations for the creation of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and the Special Chamber for Burundi.

scholarly journals Land and storytelling: Indigenous pathways towards healing, spiritual regeneration and resurgence

2021 ◽  
pp. 002198942110317
Author(s):  
Francesca Mussi
Keyword(s):  
Restorative Justice ◽  
Truth And Reconciliation Commission ◽  
Residential School ◽  
Reconciliation Commission ◽  
Truth And Reconciliation ◽  
Land Dispossession ◽  
History Of ◽  
Justice Process ◽  
Indigenous Perspective ◽  
Deep Sense

This article aims to contribute to discourses of healing, Indigenous resurgence and spiritual regeneration within the context of the Indian Residential School Truth and Reconciliation Commission that took place in Canada between 2008 and 2015. First, it considers to what extent the TRC’s restorative justice process can relate to Indigenous ways of conceptualising healing. Secondly, it reflects on the Commission’s exclusive focus on the Indian Residential School system and its legacies, which, according to many Indigenous scholars, overlooks a much broader and more complex history of colonisation, political domination, and land dispossession still ongoing. I underline that, from an Indigenous perspective, land plays a fundamental role to achieve healing, spiritual regeneration, and resurgence. In the last section, I move the discussion to the literary dimension as I explore Richard Wagamese’s 2012 novel Indian Horse. In particular, I argue that fiction, especially that fiction produced during the years of the Commission’s work, can be a crucial site for challenging the TRC’s restorative process and for bringing out the significance of storytelling and of an Indigenous deep sense of connection to the land as a source of learning, spiritual reclaiming, and healing.

scholarly journals The Existence Legal Certainty of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in Indonesia

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 76-85
Author(s):  
Safrin Salam ◽  
Rizki Mustika Suhartono
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Truth And Reconciliation Commission ◽  
Human Rights Violations ◽  
Constitutional Court ◽  
Legal Certainty ◽  
Reconciliation Commission ◽  
Truth And Reconciliation ◽  
History Of

Indonesia is a country that has a history of gross human rights violations. However, the case has not been resolved. In addition to settlement through the court, a reconciliation pattern is highly recommended in the settlement of the case in question. But the rules on reconciliation have been canceled by the Constitutional Court. The results of the study concluded that the Settlement of cases of gross human rights violations was resolved with a pattern of reconciliation with the establishment of an independent institution (KKR). Besides that, the pattern of reconciliation can also be done in a family way. Reconciliation arrangements exist in several regions in Indonesia, namely Papua, Aceh and Palu Reconciliation patterns that exist in these rules vary, there are those who use the TRC pattern there are also those who use family reconciliation patterns.

Promotion of National Unity and Reconciliation Act, 1995 (South Africa)

1995 ◽  
Vol 39 (2) ◽  
pp. 231-231 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Human Rights ◽  
Truth And Reconciliation Commission ◽  
National Unity ◽  
Reconciliation Commission ◽  
Full Disclosure ◽  
Truth And Reconciliation ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Political Objective

In July 1995 this long-awaited Act was signed into law. Its Preamble states that it is: “To provide for the investigation and establishment of as complete a picture as possible of the nature, causes and extent of gross violations of human rights committed during the period from 1 March 1960 to the cut-off date contemplated in the Constitution, within or without the Republic, emanating from the conflicts of the past, and the fate or whereabouts of the victims of such violations; the granting of amnesty to persons who make full disclosure of acts associated with a political objective committed in the course of the conflicts of the past during the said period; affording victims an opportunity to relate the violations they suffered; the taking of measures aimed at the granting of reparation to, and the rehabilitation and the restoration of the human and civil dignity of, victims of violations of human rights; reporting to the Nation about such violations and victims; the making of recommendations aimed at the prevention of the commission of gross violations of human rights; and for the said purposes to provide for the establishment of a Truth and Reconciliation Commission, a Committee on Human Rights Violations, a Committee on Amnesty and a Committee on Reparation and Rehabilitation…”

scholarly journals Clearing the Path to Truth: Clearing the Plains: Disease, Politics of Starvation and the Loss of Aboriginal Life, by James Daschuk, and the narrative of Canadian history. A Commentary

2016 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 43-52
Author(s):  
Mary-Ellen Kelm
Keyword(s):  
Settler Colonialism ◽  
Truth And Reconciliation Commission ◽  
Canadian History ◽  
Reconciliation Commission ◽  
Truth And Reconciliation ◽  
History Of

This paper considers how Clearing the Plains helps contextualize, through Canada’s long history of settler colonialism, the findings of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.

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