"More - much more - than any prior effort to date, Professor Du Bois-Pedain has taken the closest, most detailed, and most comprehensive look at the amnesty component of South Africa's truth and reconciliation process. Her book is a tour de force, encompassing as it does both normative and empirical issues associated with the process. Generations to come will thank Du Bois-Pedain for her exposition of how and why South Africa provided amnesty to those committing gross human rights violations during the struggle over apartheid." -James L. Gibson, Law and Politics Book Review

• Introduction; 1. The TRC-based amnesty scheme: background and overview; 2. The practice of the committee when making decisions; 3. The committee's interpretation of the political offence requirement; 4. The concept of full disclosure; 5. Truth recovery in the amnesty process; 6. Victim empowerment in the amnesty process; 7. Perpetrator accountability in the amnesty process; 8. Conditional amnesty and international law; 9. Conclusion.

"More - much more - than any prior effort to date, Professor Du Bois-Pedain has taken the closest, most detailed, and most comprehensive look at the amnesty component of South Africa's truth and reconciliation process. Her book is a tour de force, encompassing as it does both normative and empirical issues associated with the process. Generations to come will thank Du Bois-Pedain for her exposition of how and why South Africa provided amnesty to those committing gross human rights violations during the struggle over apartheid." -James L. Gibson, Law and Politics Book Review

• Introduction; 1. The TRC-based amnesty scheme: background and overview; 2. The practice of the committee when making decisions; 3. The committee's interpretation of the political offence requirement; 4. The concept of full disclosure; 5. Truth recovery in the amnesty process; 6. Victim empowerment in the amnesty process; 7. Perpetrator accountability in the amnesty process; 8. Conditional amnesty and international law; 9. Conclusion.

"More - much more - than any prior effort to date, Professor Du Bois-Pedain has taken the closest, most detailed, and most comprehensive look at the amnesty component of South Africa's truth and reconciliation process. Her book is a tour de force, encompassing as it does both normative and empirical issues associated with the process. Generations to come will thank Du Bois-Pedain for her exposition of how and why South Africa provided amnesty to those committing gross human rights violations during the struggle over apartheid." -James L. Gibson, Law and Politics Book Review

• Introduction; 1. The TRC-based amnesty scheme: background and overview; 2. The practice of the committee when making decisions; 3. The committee's interpretation of the political offence requirement; 4. The concept of full disclosure; 5. Truth recovery in the amnesty process; 6. Victim empowerment in the amnesty process; 7. Perpetrator accountability in the amnesty process; 8. Conditional amnesty and international law; 9. Conclusion.