Publications

Policy, Publications, Transitional Justice

Effective implementation of transitional justice mechanisms: Challenges and Prospects in Africa and Europe

In the past decade, the African Union (AU) and European Union (EU) have both adopted policy frameworks on transitional justice (in 2019 and 2015 respectively) and have built experience in supporting national and communal initiatives. The EU on its part has been actively supporting and promoting transitional justice in post-conflict...

Read moreCSVR, Tim Murithi, Stephan Parmentier and Natascha Zupan
Mental Health, Psychosocial Support, Publications

Mental Health and Psychosocial Support

The aim of this manual is to outline mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) in the context of enforced disappearances, and to provide insights into community-based psychosocial support interventions. It outlines strategies to mitigate risk factors for stress, secondary traumatization, and re-traumatization. It also takes into consideration that many of...

Read moreAmina Mwaikambo and Cathy-Ann Potgieter
Domestic Violence Legislation, Gender-based Violence, Policy, Publications, Study on the Violent Nature of Crime

Policy Brief: Accelerating GBVF Response Through Community-Led Platforms – Lessons from the Scorecard of the Localisation of the National Strategic Plan on Gender-Based Violence and Femicide

This policy brief highlights the findings from the scorecard on the localisation of the NSP-GBVF, emphasising the areas of priority for all state and community-based actors as they continue to implement to objectives of the policy. This brief is intended to be used by organisations and community leaders working to...

Read moreGugu Resha and Cathy-Ann Potgieter
Policy, Publications, Study on the Violent Nature of Crime, Torture and State Violence, Transitional Justice

TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE TOOLS TO ADDRESS RADICALISM AND VIOLENT EXTREMISM IN THE SAHEL REGION.

These 3 case studies review the manifestation of violent extremism in the Sahel region, particularly in Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger. It contains an analysis of the militaristic approaches adopted so far in addressing this phenomenon. However the research argues that such an approach does not effectively address the root...

Read moreBobuin Jr Valery Gemandze Oben
Policy, Publications, Sexual Violence, Transitional Justice, Truth Commissions

Addressing CRSV through Truth Commissions in Africa

Drawing on examples from African truth commissions, this policy brief presents recommendations for better enabling accountability, reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence for conflict-related sexual violence. Written for policy makers and practitioners working towards holistic transitional justice in Africa, the brief shows how to improve truth-seeking and truth-telling processes to promote...

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Domestic Violence Legislation, Gender-based Violence, Publications, Research

Scorecard on the Localisation of the National Strategic Plan on Gender-Based Violence and Femicide

Recognising the need to track the progress of the implementation of the NSP-GBVF and to document community centred approaches to addressing GBVF. CSVR developed a scorecard to assess the localisation of the NSP-GBVF. The scorecard also mapped community awareness of gender-based violence services across South Africa's gender-based violence hotspots. The...

Read moreGugu Resha
Publications, Research

FORENSIC ACADEMY RESEARCH FINDINGS

  The Forensic Academy (FA) is a project created by Fundación de Antropología Forense de Guatemala in partnership with the International Coalition of Sites of Conscience and the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR). The FA is a training program intended to educate and empower South-based activists...

Read moreStacy Norman Hector, Amina Mwaikambo, Cathy-Ann Potgieter, KP Hartman and Meaghan Horsley
Publications, Transitional Justice, Violence in Transition

TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE TOOLS TO ADDRESS RADICALISM AND VIOLENT EXTREMISM

This in-depth and comprehensive compendium provides key literature on the subject matter. The first part of this compendium is the introduction which provides an outline of the entire work. Subsequently, Part II contains primary sources that offer definitions on radicalisation, terrorism and violent extremism, providing a base for understanding the...

Read moreBobuin Jr Valery Gemandze Oben
Inequalities, Policy, Publications, Research, Transitional Justice

Challenges for the Inclusion of Indigenous Communities in Transitional Justice: Synthesis Report on Africa, Asia-Pacific and Latin America

Transitional justice mechanisms, due to their historical contexts and doctrinal roots, have not properly recorded the experiences considered relevant by Indigenous peoples. Because they have failed to incorporate the range of Indigenous encounters with violence and oppression, they have not adequately linked the violations of the past with the ongoing...

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