Across the world, activities of multinational corporations (MNCs) are negatively impacting people, the environment, and communities. These impacts are more pronounced in developing countries with extractive industries. Africa is no exception. Several categories of human rights are vulnerable to the…
The policy brief outlines Ethiopia's complex history of conflict and human rights abuses, emphasizing the need for a comprehensive transitional justice (TJ) policy, which was initiated in 2022 under Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's administration. Despite the signing of the Cessation…
Today, 16 August 2022, marks the 10th anniversary of one of the deadliest episodes of violence in South Africa since the end of the Apartheid in 1994: the Marikana Massacre. In the early days of August 2012, workers of Lonmin…
Southern Africa is one of the most water-scarce regions in the world. Various weather studies have shown that increases in the global temperature are likely to disrupt the already temperamental rainfall patterns. Now is the time for our leaders to…
On 2 September 2021, the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation will be hosting a commemorative webinar event to explore and discuss the extent to which reparative processes and attempts have come to fruition. To date, attempts at…
It has been almost two years since 143 workers from the University of Western Cape were dismissed from their employment during the strike action that swept through universities across South Africa. These workers were outsourced to a company, Securitas, and…
