The Truth and Reconciliation Commission is based on the final clause of the Interim Constitution of 1993 and passed in Parliament as the Promotion of National Unity and Reconciliation Act, No 34 of 1995.

• Acts of the South African Parliament

• Bills of the South African Parliament

• Constitutional Issues

• Miscellaneous Documents

Acts of the South African Parliament

These documents were obtained from the Government website at http://www.polity.org.za.

• Promotion of National Unity and Reconciliation Act, No. 34 of 1995
  33 pages (167 Kb). This is the Act that governs the TRC.

• Promotion of National Unity and Reconciliation Amendment Act, No. 87 of 1995
  34 pages (29 Kb). Mostly linguistic changes.

• Promotion of National Unity and Reconciliation Amendment Act, No. 18 of 1997
  3 pages (3 Kb). Increasing the size of the Amnesty Committee.

• Promotion of National Unity and Reconciliation Second Amendment Act, No. 84 of 1997
  2 pages (4 Kb). Further increasing the size of the Amnesty Committee.

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Bills of the South African Parliament

These documents were obtained from the Government website at http://www.polity.org.za.

• Promotion of National Unity and Reconciliation Bill, No. 30 of 1995
  40 pages (128 Kb).

• Promotion of National Unity and Reconciliation Amendment Bill, No. 37 of 1997
  3 pages (6 Kb).

• Portfolio Committee Amendment to Promotion of National Unity and Reconciliation Amendment Bill, No. 37a of 1997
  1 page (2 Kb).

• Promotion of National Unity and Reconciliation Amendment Bill, No. 37b of 1997
  3 pages (6 Kb).

• Promotion of National Unity and Reconciliation Amendment Bill, No. 48 of 1998
  4 pages (10 Kb).

• Promotion of National Unity and Reconciliation Amendment Bill, No. 48a of 1998
  1 page (2 Kb).

• Promotion of National Unity and Reconciliation Amendment Bill, No. 48b of 1998
  4 pages (10 Kb).

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Constitutional Issues

These documents were obtained from the Government website at http://www.polity.org.za and the Wits Law School website at http://www.law.wits.ac.za .

• Section from the Interim Constitution which deals with the creation of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission 1 page (2 Kb).

• Complete text of the Interim Constitution of 1993 165 pages (485 Kb).

•   The current version of the constitution (excluding the TRC) (external link)

• Summary of the Constitutional Court Judgement of 25 July 1996 involving AZAPO, Mrs Biko, Mr Mxenge and Mr Ribeiro and the TRC 3 pages (4 Kb).

• Full text of the Constitutional Court Judgement of 25 July 1996 involving AZAPO, Mrs Biko, Mr Mxenge and Mr Ribeiro and the TRC 58 pages (99 Kb).

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Miscellaneous Documents

• Explanatory memorandum to the Parliamentary Bill 5 pages (14 Kb).

• Justice in Transition booklet explaining the role of the TRC 9 pages (25 Kb).

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