Charles Villa-Vicencio (born 7 November 1942) is an Emeritus Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Cape Town.[1] He is also a Visiting research professor at Georgetown University. He was a director of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission which organised the public hearings on the atrocities committed during apartheid.
Charles Villa-Vicencio | |
|---|---|
| Born | 7 November 1942 |
| Nationality | South African |
| Board member of | Director of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Religious studies |
| Institutions | University of Cape Town |
Career
editHe was a professor of religion and society at the University of Cape Town.[2] He is presently an Emeritus Professor of that university.[1] He was the National Research Director of the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
A regular contributor to debate in South Africa, his present work is largely in the area of transitional justice. He is currently worked, or has worked, in countries with fractious societies ripped apart by civil war or ethnic strife. These range from the Basque separatist movement, Peru, Sri Lanka, Colombia, Rwanda, and other African countries.
He is a senior research fellow in the Institute for Justice and Reconciliation which he founded in 2000 after his gig at the TRC.
Publications
editJournal articles
edit- Charles Villa-Vicencio (2000). "Why perpetrators should not always be prosecuted: Where the International Criminal Court and Truth Commissions meet". Emory Law Journal. 49 (1): 205.
Books
edit- Charles Villa-Vicencio; Erik Doxtader; Ebrahim Moosa, eds. (2015). Africa Renaissance and Afro-Arab Spring: A Season of Rebirth?. Georgetown University Press. p. 264. ISBN 9781626161979.
- Charles Villa-Vicencio (2009). Walk with Us and Listen: Political Reconciliation in Africa. Georgetown University Press. p. 248. ISBN 9781589015722.
- Charles Villa-Vicencio (2012). Conversations in Transition: The South African Story. David Philip Publishers.
References
edit- ^ a b "Charles Villa-Vicencio, The Conversation". Retrieved 2 January 2018.
- ^ "More than politics: An interview with Charles Villa-Vicencio". Retrieved 4 January 2017.
External links
edit- South Africa Today: Did the Mandela Revolution Succeed?
- Charles Villa-Vicencio on The Conversation
- "A Truth and Reconciliation Story," Dr. Charles Villa Vicencio
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