PublicationsResearchCapacity Building, Children and Youth, Violence PreventionYouth Empowerment Initiatives, Social Inclusion and Violence Prevention: A Case Study of the Kenya Youth Employment and Opportunities ProjectThe Youth Inclusion for Violence Prevention Project, a collaboration between CSVR and the Centre for Human Rights and Policy Studies (CHRIPS), investigates the role of public-sector employment and livelihood support programmes in promoting socio-economic inclusion of youth and preventing violence. This research report, authored by CHRIPS, shares multiple stakeholders’ perceptions of the extent to which the Kenya Youth Employment and… Read More Brian Kimari and Kamau WairuriNovember 9, 2021
PublicationsResearchTorture and State Violence, Violence PreventionHumanizing Security in Cabo Delgado: A CSO Report on the Drivers of Conflict and Its Impact on CiviliansThe instability in Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado wrought by the ongoing war has been a subject of much humanitarian concern. Dominant discourses have framed the violence in terms of a ‘terrorist insurgency’, foregoing the inquiries into the root causes that have given rise to it. In particular, reports of violations by government security agencies, proxies and links o Multi-National Corporations (MNCs)… Read More CSVROctober 26, 2021
MediaOur News and EventsPublicationsResearchAmnesty, Prosecutions and Pardons, Reconciliation, Transitional JusticeNew Book – Transitional Justice: Theories, Mechanisms and DebatesThe book presents the broad scope of transitional justice studies through a focus on the theory, mechanisms and debates in the area, covering such topics as: The origin, context and development of transitional justice Victims, victimology and transitional justice Prosecutions for abuses and gross violations of human rights Truth commissions Transitional justice and local justice Gender, political economy and transitional… Read More Hakeem Yusuf and Hugo van der MerweSeptember 7, 2021
PublicationsResearchPolicing, Torture and State Violence, Violence in TransitionDisaster-Appropriate Policing in South Africa: Protests and State Violence in the COVID-19 EraMilitarisation refers to a process where societies (states, institutions, and citizens) prioritise, organise, prepare for and respond to threats or crises with military action or violence. This policy brief highlights how many countries across the world, including South Africa, adopted a militarised response to the COVID-19 pandemic. In South Africa, this militarised response has been noted by the deployment of… Read More Steven Rebello, Jesse Copelyn, Sinqobile Makhathini and Boikanyo MolotoAugust 19, 2021
PublicationsResearchAfrican Union, Capacity Building, Children and YouthYouth Inclusion in Socio-Economic and Livelihood Programmes: Potential for Fostering Social Cohesion and Violence Prevention in East and Southern AfricaIn collaboration with the Centre for Human Rights and Policy Studies (CHRIPS), Kenya, CSVR has been conducting research on the role of public employment and livelihood support programmes in fostering greater youth social and economic inclusion as well as violence prevention. By reviewing literature, select policies and programmes, this report highlights some of the key opportunities and challenges related to… Read More Steven RebelloAugust 17, 2021
Climate JusticePolicyPublicationsResearchClimate Change, Transitional JusticeClimate Focused Transitional JusticeThe Covid-19 pandemic has created human suffering on a global scale, but also a window of opportunity to rethink how we live, work and play. For the time being, calls for a green recovery that builds back better by cutting greenhouse gas emissions, protecting the environment and creating a fairer, more equitable society have become commonplace. This could help to… Read More Jasmina Brankovic, Augustine Njamnshi and Christoph SchwarteJuly 14, 2021
