MediaOur News and EventsAnnouncement of Executive Director TransitionOn behalf of the CSVR Board of Directors, we would like to inform you that Nomfundo Mogapi will be departing from her role as the Executive Director of the CSVR. After 17 years at CSVR, she will depart at the end of June 2021 as her contract term comes to an end. Nomfundo has been a tremendous asset to our… Read More CSVRMay 14, 2021
MediaOur News and EventsCorporate Accountability, Reparations and Victim Services, Transitional JusticeMarikana Redress Webinar EventOn 2 September 2021, the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation will be hosting a commemorative webinar event to explore and discuss the extent to which reparative processes and attempts have come to fruition. To date, attempts at redress have been fragmented and incomplete and this reflects poorly on the overall achievement of justice, peace and reconciliation. While… Read More CSVRMay 13, 2021
MediaOur News and EventsTorture and State Violence, Trauma and TransitionBlended Voices Symposium: Understanding Torture, War Trauma and Violence Through an African LensCSVR is hosting a symposium to help build an understanding of torture, war trauma and violence through an African lens from 30 September 2020 to 24 March 2021. Africa’s relationship to torture, war trauma and violence spans across the continent’s history of slavery, precolonial, colonial and post-colonial violence, as well as current civil war and tribal and political conflict. The… Read More CSVRDecember 2, 2019
MediaOur News and EventsClimate Change, Transitional JusticeBook Review of 'The Global Climate Regime and Transitional Justice'The debate about global climate change triggers visceral emotions – moral outrage, a sense of injustice, feelings of empathy, and concerns for equity. When passionate partisans advocate their positions on climate action (i.e., what to do about climate change), such advocacy turns inflammatory. The intensity of emotions, as a result, deeply divides the global North and the global South. The… Read More CSVRDecember 14, 2018
ArticlesMediaOur News and EventsTransitional JusticePress Release: The African Union and CSVR Host the First Continental Forum on Transitional JusticeThe African Union Commission Department of Political Affairs (AUC-DPA) and the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR) jointly hosted the first Continental Forum on Transitional Justice (TJ) in Africa in Johannesburg, South Africa under the theme The State of Transitional Justice in Africa, from 19-21 October 2017. The Forum brought together African Union Member States, members of… Read More CSVROctober 24, 2017
MediaOur News and EventsPeacebuildingInternal Seminar: Jay D. Aronson on the Magic of Math in Human RightsOn 19 June 2017, Jay Aronson, the founder and director of the United States-based Centre for Human Rights Science (CHRS), presented his work on transitional justice and technology at the CSVR Cape Town office, sharing the organization’s work in integrating technology into the analysis of human rights violations in the aftermath of conflict and disaster. Aronson demonstrated how CHRS merged… Read More Tasneem KallaJune 19, 2017
