Abstract Truth Commissions are a global transitional justice instrument for dealing with past atrocities. The South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission, active from 1996 to 2002, is regarded to be an influential role model in this field for the way it put an emphasis on the publicity of the process. However, it also established a temporary, complex administration which processed many more cases of human rights violations than were publicly heard or seen. This led to the perception of two separate operative spheres: While the public proceedings were dominated by oral speech, the non-public procedures tended to be in written form. In order to establish institutional authority within the TRC, procedures that implemented triadic structures (like advocacy, representation, parrhesia, or translation) were of particular significance. One central operative feature emerged from the first encounter that a witness of human rights violations would have with the TRC when giving a statement: the situation of a statement taker writing down the oral statement given by a witness. The article claims that this transmission of oral knowledge is a specific variation of “advocacy” and could be termed “writing-for.” It amalgamates the triadic nature of advocacy (Campe) with the specific media technology of writing something down. The triad consists of the witness, the statement taker, and the statement form. The statement taking scene relied on a well-known aspect of the South African juridical administration, which is the Commissioner of Oaths. By adopting specific features of the Commissioner of Oaths and of affidavits, the testimony and the TRC gained authority. “Writing for others” served as a political form of care-taking, and authorized both the temporary institution and the testimony of the witness.

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在南非真相与和解委员会为他人写作

摘要 真相委员会是处理过去暴行的全球过渡时期司法工具。从 1996 年到 2002 年活跃的南非真相与和解委员会被认为是该领域的一个有影响力的榜样，因为它强调进程的宣传。然而，它还建立了一个临时的、复杂的行政机构，处理的侵犯人权案件比公开听到或看到的要多得多。这导致了对两个独立的操作领域的看法：虽然公共程序以口头演讲为主，但非公开程序往往采用书面形式。为了在 TRC 内建立机构权威，实施三元结构（如宣传、代表、直言或翻译）的程序具有特别重要的意义。侵犯人权的证人在作证时与真相与和解委员会的第一次会面出现了一个核心操作特征：陈述接受者的情况，即记录证人所作口头陈述的情况。这篇文章声称，这种口头知识的传播是“倡导”的一种特殊变体，可以称为“写作”。它将倡导（Campe）的三重性质与写下某些东西的特定媒体技术结合在一起。三合会由证人、陈述接受者和陈述表格组成。现场的声明依赖于南非司法行政部门的一个众所周知的方面，即宣誓官。通过采用宣誓官和宣誓书的具体特征，证词和真相与和解委员会获得了权威。