Transitional Justice Video: South Africa
See video Albie Sachs Discusses the TRC

Albie Sachs, a white activist who opposed apartheid and was exiled from South Africa for 23 years, now serves as a judge on South Africa's Constitutional Court. While in exile, Sachs survived an assasination attempt. 
See video Albie Sachs, Freedom Fighter

Albie Sachs, Justice of the Constitutional Court in South Africa, describes his elation after surviving an attempt on his life when he was fighting for freedom in that country. Sachs speaks at a Facing History and Ourselves community event.
See video Richard Goldstone on Confronting the PastRichard J. Goldstone is a justice of the Constitutional Court of South Africa, which has been trusted with the task of interpreting the new South African Constitution and supervising the country's transition into democracy. In a panel discussion with Facing History students in Memphis, Goldstone discussed his the importance of nations confronting their histories.
See video Richard Goldstone on Documenting a Common HistoryRichard J. Goldstone is a justice of the Constitutional Court of South Africa, which has been trusted with the task of interpreting the new South African Constitution and supervising the country's transition into democracy. In this clip from a talk he gave for Facing History, entitled "For Humanity, Reflections of a War Crimes Investigator," Justice Goldstone discusses the value of the TRC in recording a common history of the apartheid era. He compares this aspect to the Nuremberg trials in Germany after World War II.
See video Richard Goldstone on Exposing the TruthRichard J. Goldstone is a justice of the Constitutional Court of South Africa, which has been trusted with the task of interpreting the new South African Constitution and supervising the country's transition into democracy. In this clip from a talk he gave for Facing History, entitled "For Humanity, Reflections of a War Crimes Investigator," Justice Goldstone discusses how so many white South Africans did not believe the heinous acts against blacks in their own country. Goldstone stresses the important role the TRC played in exposing the truth of apartheid.
See video Richard Goldstone on the Word UBUNTURichard J. Goldstone is a justice of the Constitutional Court of South Africa, which has been trusted with the task of interpreting the new South African Constitution and supervising the country's transition into democracy. In this clip from a talk he gave for Facing History, entitled "For Humanity, Reflections of a War Crimes Investigator," Justice Goldstone discusses the word, ubuntu.
See video Richard Goldstone on Writing South African History BooksRichard J. Goldstone is a justice of the Constitutional Court of South Africa, which has been trusted with the task of interpreting the new South African Constitution and supervising the country's transition into democracy. In this clip from a talk he gave for Facing History, entitled "For Humanity, Reflections of a War Crimes Investigator," Justice Goldstone discusses how the government in South African is writing history textbooks that include the history of the country before white colonizers arrived in South Africa; a rich history that had not been previously explored in school textbooks.
See video Albie Sachs on Building a Constitution in South Africa

Albie Sachs, a white activist who opposed apartheid and was exiled from South Africa for 23 years, now serves as a judge on South Africa's Constitutional Court. While in exile, Sachs survived an assasination attempt. In this clip from a presentation at Facing History, Sachs discusses the process of creating a post-Apartheid constitution for South Africa.
See video Dullah Omar Discusses the Reconciliation Process in South AfricaThe late Dullah Omar was the minister of transport for the African National Congress (ANC), a member of the ANC's National Executive and Working Committees, and in 1994 was elected to Parliament, serving as the minister of justice from 1994 to 1999. He participated in Facing History and Ourselves' 1997 Human Rights and Justice Conference. In this clip from that conference, Omar talks about the process of moving on without forgetting the past.
See video Dullah Omar on the TRC and the Generosity of South AfricansThe late South African ANC Minister of Transport, Dullah Omar, was instrumental in the long struggle against aparthied that lead, in 1994, to the fall of that oppressive regime and the start of a new democratic South Africa. In this video clip, Omar talks about the generosity of South Africans and the link between the TRC and transformation in his country.