PublicationsResearchClimate Change, Public Participation, Reparations, Transitional Justice, Truth CommissionsTransformative Transitional Justice and Climate Action: Nurturing Synergies for Climate JusticeIn the face of rapidly escalating but unevenly distributed harms, global climate governance is struggling to prevent catastrophic warming while addressing growing demands for climate justice. This paper proposes transformative transitional justice as a lens through which to identify two sources of climate justice action: elements of justice latent within climate policy architectures, and community justice actions too often overlooked… Read More Jasmina Brankovic and Samuel SontagJune 5, 2026
PublicationsResearchClimate Change, Public Participation, Transitional JusticeLocal Transitional Justice Practices for Climate Justice: The Case of Nkhulambe, MalawiThis report applies a transformative transitional justice lens to the numerous climate actions designed and implemented by residents of Nkhulambe, a community in Malawi heavily affected by climate change. Typically used to deal with gross human rights abuses, transitional justice is an established field of theory and practice that is designed to acknowledge the truth of past harms, provide redress… Read More Jasmina BrankovicApril 27, 2026
Climate JusticePublicationsResearchClimate Change, climate justice, Public Participation, Reparations, Transitional Justice, Truth CommissionsTransformative Transitional Justice for Climate Justice: Lessons from PracticeIn 2025, two South African communities created the first explicitly transitional justice process for climate harms. Emphasising the experiences and solutions of residents directly affected by climate change, the process was also novel in using a transformative approach to transitional justice. Participants developed measures that demonstrate a more comprehensive way of conceptualising the effects of climate change – as a… Read More Jasmina BrankovicFebruary 13, 2026
Climate JusticePolicyPublicationsClimate Change, climate justice, Public ParticipationActive Public Participation: The Key to Effective Climate Action at the Municipal LevelThe people most affected by climate change are the ones who best understand the problems they face. They see solutions that experts living outside their communities might not – what will work, what will not, and why. At the municipal level, affected communities are essential to developing effective policies and actions to deal with climate impacts. Their active participation in… Read More Jasmina BrankovicNovember 26, 2025
PublicationsResearchTransitional JusticePolarisation: The 'Hyper-Problem' Transitional Justice Can No Longer IgnoreAs a ‘hyper-problem’ that makes political and social challenges harder to resolve, polarisation is both a barrier to addressing a violative past and a leading indicator of future risks of conflict and violence. Polarisation can decrease social cohesion, contribute to a culture of violence and impunity, and eventually incite mass atrocity, making it a pressing concern for transitional justice –… Read More Jasmina BrankovicAugust 4, 2025
PolicyPublicationsResearchAfrican Union, Civil Society, Public Participation, Transitional Justice, Victim AwarenessMainstreaming Popular Participation in Transitional Justice: Lessons from Multilateral, State and Civil Society Actors in The Gambia and SomaliaStatements on the need for popular participation are increasingly common in international and national transitional justice policy and literature, yet little guidance is available on how to put participation into practice. Based on empirical research in The Gambia and Somalia and with multilateral actors supporting transitional justice in Africa, this research report examines what participation looks like and provides actionable… Read More Jasmina Brankovic and Simon RobinsFebruary 25, 2025
