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NAME OF MECHANISM

ANC - Commission of Enquiry into Certain Allegations of Cruelty and Human Rights Abuse Against ANC Prisoners and Detainees by ANC Members (Motsuenyane Commission) (Alternative Process)

 
YEARS OF OPERATION
1993 (7 months)
 
MANDATE AND OPERATIONS

Mandate: Established by the African National Congress (ANC) to continue the work of the first ANC commission with new independent commissioners, again looking at cases from 1979-1991.
 
Staff: 3 independent commissioners

Structure: Set up like formal court trials. (50 witnesses heard)

Results: Documented 32 cases of torture and other abuse in ANC detention camps
 
FINAL REPORT

Reports of the Commission of Enquiry into Certain Allegations of Cruelty and Human Rights Abuse Against ANC Prisoners and Detainees by ANC Members. (August 20, 1993)

Report is not available, but the response by ANC’s executive committee can be located at:

http://www.anc.org.za/ancdocs/pr/1993/pr0829.html

Note: The report named those responsible.

Report was made public and Nelson Mandela accepted collective responsibility on behalf of the ANC leadership.

 

 
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