Former Minister of Foreign Affairs Dr. Erato Kozakou-Marcoullis has argued that “…collective narratives and selective memories tend to perpetuate a conflict situation, preventing healing of the wounds of past sufferings and serving as a barrier towards eventual reconciliation. This is why it is of utmost importance in such situations of intractable conflicts, for the parties involved to move courageously towards uncovering and facing the truth in order to facilitate the process of reconciliation, which is built when both sides not only get to know but when they truly acknowledge what happened in the past and are able to acknowledge also the pain and the suffering of the other.” Would setting up Truth and Reconciliation Committees promote social healing in Cyprus?
Posted on: Tue, 14 Oct 2014 07:00:00 +0000