PolicyPublicationsResearchReparations and Victim Services, Transitional JusticePerspectives Panafricaines sur la RéparationUn bulletin spécial sur la réparation pour les victimes de la torture en Afrique. Read More CSVRJuly 2, 2013
ArticlesMediaAfrican Union, Transitional JusticeAfrican Union and CSVR Sign Memorandum of UnderstandingThe Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR) is pleased to announce the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the African Union Commission (AUC). The document that formalises the long standing institutional relationship between the two entities was signed on the margins of the significant 50th Anniversary Commemorations of the Organisation of African Union (OAU) in… Read More CSVRMay 20, 2013
PolicyPublicationsResearchPeacebuilding, Transitional JusticePeace, Justice and Accountability After War and Dictatorship Prospects for the African ContextThe Peace Building section of the Belgian Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, together with the Centre for Historical Research and Documentation on War and Contemporary Society (Belgium) and the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (South Africa), hosted the workshop 'Peace, justice and accountability after war and dictatorship: Prospects for the African context' from 7-8 March in Cape… Read More CSVRApril 27, 2013
PublicationsResearchViolence in TransitionOpportunities and Challenges of South-South Partnership: Reflections on a Collaborative Research Project on Violence and Transition in AfricaThis report reflects on the experience of four South-based organisations in conducting collaborative research on violence and transition in Africa. It explores some of the challenges and opportunities offered by working collaboratively on common themes across different contexts with research partners with diverse goals and institutional arrangements, and seeks to draw some lessons for how such partnerships can benefit individual… Read More CSVRApril 10, 2013
PublicationsResearchPeacebuilding, Reconciliation, Transitional JusticeAfrican Union Commission Consultation with African Union Member States on Transitional JusticeThis report is a reflection of a two-day expert consultation on Transitional Justice with African Union Member States organised by the Department of Political Affairs of the African Union Commission (AUC) in collaboration with the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR), which took place from 12–13 September 2011 in Cape Town, South Africa. The aim of the… Read More CSVRJanuary 24, 2012
ArticlesMediaPolicingPress Release: CSVR Submission to Portfolio Committee on Justice and Constitutional Development on Police Use of Lethal ForcePolice use of lethal force should be based on ‘protection of life’ principle. In the run up to Parliamentary hearings on legislation dealing with the use of lethal force by police the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation has called for the use of lethal force by police to be based on a ‘protection of life’ principle. The… Read More CSVRAugust 8, 2011
