ArticlesMediaPolicingPress Release: CSVR Submission to Portfolio Committee on Justice and Constitutional Development on Police Use of Lethal ForcePolice use of lethal force should be based on ‘protection of life’ principle. In the run up to Parliamentary hearings on legislation dealing with the use of lethal force by police the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation has called for the use of lethal force by police to be based on a ‘protection of life’ principle. The… Read More CSVRAugust 8, 2011
ArticlesMediaPolicingPress Release: South Africa Requires a More Professional Approach to the Use of Force by PoliceIn several recent statements Minister of Police Nathi Mthethwa and the National Commissioner, General Bheki Cele, have called for tougher and more forceful policing. This approach to the use of force is ill advised and will be counterproductive for both the police and the public in South Africa. Instead police need to be supported in attaining professional standards in the… Read More CSVRJuly 7, 2011
ArticlesMediaReparations and Victim Services, Transitional JusticePress Release: SACTJ Submission to Department of Justice on ReparationsOn 11 May 2011, the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development gazetted regulations for the payment of educational assistance and health benefits exclusively to victims identified by the TRC. The regulations were gazetted after only a very superficial consultation process with victims and other stakeholders and do not address the key concerns expressed by these stakeholders. The South African… Read More CSVRJune 10, 2011
ArticlesMediaReparations and Victim Services, Transitional JusticePress Release: SACTJ Calls in State to Honour Its Reparations Obligations for All VictimsOn 11 May 2011, the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development (DOJ&CD) gazetted regulations for the payment of educational assistance and health benefits exclusively to victims identified by the TRC. The regulations were gazetted after only a very superficial consultation process with victims and other stakeholders, and do not address the key concerns expressed by these stakeholders. The current proposals… Read More CSVRJune 1, 2011
ArticlesMediaPolicingPress Release: Police Brutality Was Not an Isolated IncidentThe incident of police brutality reported on SABC television on Wednesday which resulted in the death of Andries Tatane raises important concerns. Police who are dealing with service delivery protests or other demonstrations are often responding to very heated and highly charged situations. Nevertheless as members of the national police service we expect no less of them than that they… Read More CSVRApril 15, 2011
ArticlesMediaReparations and Victim Services, Transitional JusticePress Release: Concourt Upholds Right to Express the TruthIn a landmark judgment handed down today the Constitutional Court upheld the rights of victims of apartheid era abuses, as well as the media and public, to speak the truth about crimes amnestied by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC). The Court held that truth-telling was the moral base of the transition from the injustice of apartheid to democracy and… Read More CSVRApril 8, 2011
