Transitional Justice Video
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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. |
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Allan Ryan on Trials and Truth CommissionsAllan Ryan is the former director, Office of Special Investigations, U.S. Department of Justice. In this clip from a Facing History and Ourselves presentation, Ryan compares and contrasts trials and truth commissions. |
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Eric Yamamoto on Japanese-American Internment Camps Law professor, author, and scholar Eric Yamamoto spoke at Facing History and Ourselves' 1997 Human Rights and Justice conference, "Collective Violence and Memory: Judgment, Reconciliation, Education." In this video clip, Yamamoto shares a powerful story about a Japanese-American woman who had been held in an internment camp during WWII. |
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Martha Minow Addresses Facing History UDHR Conference Martha Minow, Jeremiah Smith, Jr. Professor of Law, Harvard Law School, speaks about the Universal Declaration of Human Rights at the 2008 Harvard/Facing History conference. |
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Tony Gallagher Explains the Value of Facing History and OurselvesEducator Tony Gallagher discusses the value of the Facing History and Ourselves approach in Northern Ireland, where teaching history without partisanship is a big challenge. Facing History's method of exploring difficult historical events gives teachers the tools to help young people think about history and the present in different ways. |
