ArticlesMediaGender-based ViolencePrevention of Gender Violence Requires a Multifaceted ApproachCollaboration across different government departments is critical in the battle against gender-based violence (GBV). Recent civil society efforts to work with the government to address GBV demonstrate both the challenges and opportunities provided by such collaboration. In case anybody needs reminding how serious a problem GBV is in SA, a World Health Organisation study estimated that the rate of women… Read More Steven RebelloOctober 11, 2019
ArticlesMediaViolence PreventionPress Release: CSVR Warns against Militarising Cape Flats InterventionThe Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR) has warned that the deployment of the South African army for public security in the Cape Flats is not the solution to the soaring, violent gang crime and murders in the area. CSVR said militarising the fight against crime is not the solution that is needed in desperately resource poor… Read More CSVRJuly 26, 2019
ArticlesMediaChildren and Youth, Violence PreventionPress Release: Alarm Bells over School CrimesThe Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR) has warned that urgent action needs to be taken to tackle violence in schools, describing the recent fatal stabbing of a student outside a school in Turffontein, Johannesburg, on Monday 3rd June and the spate of violent crimes in schools, as a national emergency. A holistic approach is needed by… Read More CSVRJune 10, 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
ArticlesMediaGender-based ViolencePress Release: International Women's Day – To End the Crisis of Gender-Based ViolenceCSVR’s 2017 research study “Violence against Women in South Africa: A Country in Crisis” raises critical concerns by women around the many calls for survivors to break the silence on gender based violence (GBV) in spite of the limited social support services and lack of confidence in the criminal justice system. “The fear of reprisals, of not being believed, and… Read More CSVRMarch 8, 2019
ArticlesMediaTransitional JusticePress Release: Adoption of the African Union Transitional Justice PolicyA major milestone towards ensuring durable peace in Africa! CSVR congratulates the African Union on the adoption of the African Union Transitional Justice Policy (AUTJP). The Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR) congratulates the African Union Heads of State and Government for adopting the African Union Transitional Justice Policy (AUTJP) during the 32nd Ordinary Session of the… Read More CSVRFebruary 14, 2019
