PublicationsResearchGangs, Study on the Violent Nature of Crime, Torture and State ViolenceIntegrating Learning, Monitoring and Evaluation into Policy-Oriented Research: Lessons from CSVR's Urban Violence ProjectIn line with its commitment to incorporating learning into its monitoring and evaluation practices, in 2013 CSVR introduced developmental evaluation based on facilitated learning exercises into one of its research projects. The Urban Violence project aimed to increase understanding of the role of the Community Work Programme (CWP), a South African public employment initiative, in reducing crime and violence, as… Read More Jasmina BrankovicMay 6, 2016
PublicationsResearchTransitional JusticeTransitional Justice in Post-Conflict Societies: Conceptual Foundations and DebatesPart of a publication that outlines transitional justice in the context of the current Bangsamoro peace process in the Philippines, this chapter provides a brief overview of the conceptual evolution of transitional justice. It then discusses challenges likely to be met in post-conflict transitional settings - namely, multiple armed groups, legal pluralism, ethnic and religious tensions, socioeconomic marginalization, and gender… Read More Jasmina Brankovic and Hugo van der MerweJuly 1, 2014
PublicationsResearchTransitional JusticeTransitional Justice and Human RightsPresenting a brief, political history of transitional justice, this chapter shows the ways in which transitional justice is caught between international human rights' normative claims and local norms and constraints regarding delivering justice. The chapter was published in the SAGE Handbook of Human Rights, a two-volume set that analyses human rights issues of both contemporary and future importance. Read More Jasmina Brankovic and Hugo van der MerweJune 30, 2014
PublicationsResearchReconciliation, Transitional Justice, Truth CommissionsAccountability and National Reconciliation in South AfricaThis paper offers an exploration of the state of accountability and reconciliation in South Africa, calling for a look not only at the agenda and impact of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission but also at the role played by state and other structures after 1994. This article suggests that accountability and reconciliation have been limited, although the responsibility for this… Read More Jasmina BrankovicFebruary 13, 2014
PolicyPublicationsAfrican Union, Transitional JusticeAfrican Union Transitional Justice Policy Framework in Practice: Implementing Accountability MeasuresBased on work by Naomi Roht-Arriaza, this brief focuses on a central aspect of transitional justice: preventing impunity for past human rights abuses. Drawing on lessons from Latin America, the brief outlines several accountability processes available to African Union member states and African civil society organisations, the strengths and challenges of implementing these official processes at the national level and… Read More Jasmina BrankovicMay 2, 2013
PublicationsResearchEx-combatant Reintegration and Demilitarisation, Violence in TransitionThe Persistence of Military Identities among Ex-Combatants in South AfricaThis report focuses on the ways in which ex-combatants have remained militarised at both an individual and a collective level in post-apartheid South Africa. It argues that ex-combatants’ military identities and skills can be both beneficial and detrimental to their families, communities and the state. For this reason, as long as DDRR programmes remain short-term processes aimed chiefly at disarming… Read More Maringira Godfrey and Jasmina BrankovicApril 10, 2013
