PublicationsResearchMental Health, Psychosocial Support, Transitional JusticeIntegrating Mental Health and Psychosocial Support into Transitional Justice in the Gambia: Practitioner PerspectivesFollowing the African model of transitional justice presented in the African Union Transitional Justice Policy, this report identifies ways to conceptualise and integrate healing, particularly from psychological wounds, into holistic and contextualised transitional justice practice on the continent. The report draws on reflections from African practitioners engaging with transitional justice issues in The Gambia to share lessons learnt with civil… Read More Jasmina BrankovicJune 22, 2021
ArticlesMediaInequalities, Transitional Justice, Trauma and TransitionSocioeconomic Oppression and the Need to Rethink Transitional JusticeIn South Africa, organized survivors of apartheid violations have increasingly focused on socioeconomic issues. There are continuities, they note, between the colonial and apartheid past and the democratic present. While building on the work of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, survivors break new ground in bringing socioeconomic rights and locally grounded initiatives to the forefront of transitional justice, explains the… Read More Jasmina BrankovicJuly 5, 2020
ArticlesMediaInequalities, Transitional Justice, Trauma and TransitionInequality Is the Primary Driver of Violence, Say Apartheid SurvivorsDescribing how high levels of inequality and violence feed each other, survivors of apartheid violations hold that people-driven social transformation is key to reducing both—and to fulfilling the promises of the democratic transition. “What is the cause of violence? It is caused by poverty, hunger and jobs being unavailable.” Organised apartheid survivors, like the Khulumani Support Group member quoted here,… Read More Jasmina BrankovicJuly 5, 2020
PublicationsResearchInequalities, Transitional JusticeViolence, Inequality and Transformation: Apartheid Survivors on South Africa's Ongoing TransitionDespite its lauded political transition in 1994, South Africa continues to have among the highest levels of violence and inequality in the world. Organised survivors of apartheid violations have long maintained that we cannot adequately address violence in the country, let alone achieve full democracy, without addressing inequality. This book is built around extensive quotes from members of Khulumani Support… Read More Jasmina Brankovic, Brian Mphahlele, Agnes Ngxukuma, Nompumelelo Njana and Yanelisa SishubaFebruary 1, 2020
PublicationsResearchViolence PreventionParticipatory Methods in Violence Prevention: Lessons from CSVR's Collaboration with the Community Work Programme in South AfricaCSVR has been conducting research on South Africa’s Community Work Programme (CWP) since 2010. In 2016, the organisation commenced with an effort to strengthen urban violence prevention interventions carried out by CWP through their work. This report, which is based on the reflections of CSVR staff who collaborated with CWP participants to pilot new violence prevention interventions, shares some of… Read More Jasmina BrankovicJune 3, 2019
ArticlesMediaClimate Change, Transitional JusticeNew Book Reviews of 'The Global Climate Regime and Transitional Justice'Two new reviews have been published of The Global Climate Regime and Transitional Justice, by Sonja Klinsky and Jasmina Brankovic. In the International & Comparative Law Quarterly, Ottavio Quirico writes, “Klinsky and Brankovic comprehensively apply transitional justice principles to climate change regulation. Their analysis discloses thought-provoking insights, necessarily de lege ferenda, and provides ground-breaking suggestions for further developing specific substantive… Read More Jasmina BrankovicApril 16, 2019
