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African Union Transitional Justice Policy Implementation Guidance: Ethiopia

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…

Markos Debebe Belay

25 Apr 2025

Publications, Research, Gender-based Violence, Gun Violence, Violence Prevention

Black Man At Oscar Pistorius Trial In Absentia

This article explores the social representation of black masculinities as violent in the globally publicized case of the murder by Oscar Pistorius of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp. This murder and the subsequent media interest it generated highlighted the manner in…

Malose Langa

20 Jul 2018

Publications, Research, Gun Violence, Policing

Are South Africans Responsible Firearm Owners? Evidence From 1,000 Dockets

The research undertaken for this report asks the straightforward question: under what circumstances do licensed firearm owners lose their weapons to criminals? The report answers this question through an intensive analysis of over 1,100 dockets opened at police stations following…

Anthony Altbeker, Jolene Adams, Gail Wallenberg, Themba Sokhulu, Kadija Richards and Cathy Churchill

19 Sep 2000

Articles, Media, Gender-based Violence, Gun Violence

Even 'legal' Guns Need To Be Scrutinised

Last week Solomon Mhlongo was sentenced to an effective 23 years in prison for the murder of his common-law wife Elizabeth and five-year old daughter Tlaleng. Two years earlier he emptied a magazine of bullets into Elizabeth and Tlaleng, stopped…

CSVR

04 Jun 2000

Publications, Research, Criminal Justice, Gun Violence

The Public, The Police And Australian Gun Policy

This paper considers some paradoxes in the current gun debate, focusing specifically on Australia. It tackles first the public and guns issue, and then the topic of police and guns. There are no clear answers, but there are some public policy choices which are better than others.

Rick Sarre

09 Oct 1996

Gun Violence Tag

African Union Transitional Justice Policy Implementation Guidance: Ethiopia

Black Man At Oscar Pistorius Trial In Absentia

Are South Africans Responsible Firearm Owners? Evidence From 1,000 Dockets

Even 'legal' Guns Need To Be Scrutinised

The Public, The Police And Australian Gun Policy

When Yes is Not Free – Power Coercion and Consent in South Africa

Rights on Paper, Inequality in Practice: South Africa's 30 Years of Unfinished Constitutional Promise

In the Shadow of Femicide: The Unseen Trauma of Families in Search of Healing and Justice

Behind the Screen: How Digital Tools are Fuelling Gender-Based Violence

Mass Movements and Transitional Justice in Africa

Justice for Africans and People of African Descent Through Reparations – Report of the Ninth African Transitional Justice Forum

Corporate Accountability and Transitional Justice in Africa

RENFORCEMENT DES CAPACITÉS CENTRÉ SUR LES JEUNES EN MATIÈRE DE SANTÉ MENTALE ET DE SOUTIEN PSYCHOSOCIAL ET LA POLITIQUE DE JUSTICE TRANSITIONNELLE DE L'UNION AFRICAINE : UN MANUEL DE FORMATION DESTINÉ AUX ORGANISATIONS DE LA SOCIÉTÉ CIVILE

YOUTH-CENTRED CAPACITY BUILDING ON MENTAL HEALTH AND PSYCHOSOCIAL SUPPORT AND THE AFRICAN UNION TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE POLICY: A TRAINING MANUAL FOR CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANISATIONS

Technology and Transitional Justice in Africa – Portuguese

Technology and Transitional Justice in Africa – French

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