PublicationsResearchViolence PreventionAn Integrated Model for Working with CommunitiesThis report provides a concise overview of best practice guidelines for community-based violence prevention initiatives. It then presents an integrated model for working with communities, based on a review of CSVR's psychosocial and violence prevention interventions aimed at addressing underlying drivers of violence, healing the effects of violence and building functional and resilient communities over nearly 30 years. Read More CSVRNovember 2, 2017
ArticlesMediaOur News and EventsTransitional JusticePress Release: The African Union and CSVR Host the First Continental Forum on Transitional JusticeThe African Union Commission Department of Political Affairs (AUC-DPA) and the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR) jointly hosted the first Continental Forum on Transitional Justice (TJ) in Africa in Johannesburg, South Africa under the theme The State of Transitional Justice in Africa, from 19-21 October 2017. The Forum brought together African Union Member States, members of… Read More CSVROctober 24, 2017
PublicationsResearchCriminal Justice, Reconciliation, Transitional JusticeTunisia: The Colonial Legacy and Transitional JusticeFollowing the 2011 Revolution ending over five decades of dictatorship, Tunisia embarked on a comprehensive transitional justice process to investigate a broad range of state violations against its citizens, including false imprisonment, torture, assassination as well as social marginalisation and economic exclusion. This report discusses how colonial rule politically, economically, and socially transformed the country in ways that would shape… Read More CSVROctober 24, 2017
PublicationsResearchChildren and Youth, Peacebuilding, Restorative Justice, Transitional JusticeBenchmarking the Role of African Youth in Transitional Justice ProcessesThe increasing role of African youth in political transformations and conflicts in the African continent is inevitably linked to the demographic reality that Africa is a continent of the Youth. This increasing role is also attributable to the capacity of mass mobilisation through new technology of information and communication, notably social media. This report examines approaches for including young people… Read More CSVROctober 24, 2017
MediaVideosAfrican Union, Transitional JusticeFirst African Transitional Justice Forum: Reflections Day 3This video shares participant reflections from the last day of the 2017 African Transitional Justice Forum. Read More CSVROctober 20, 2017
MediaVideosAfrican Union, Transitional JusticeFirst African Transitional Justice Forum: Reflections Day 2This video shares participant reflections from the second day of the 2017 African Transitional Justice Forum. Read More CSVROctober 20, 2017
