Climate JusticePublicationsResearchClimate Change, Transitional JusticeThe Global Climate Regime and Transitional JusticeGeopolitical changes combined with the increasing urgency of ambitious climate action have re-opened debates about justice and international climate policy. Mechanisms and insights from transitional justice have been used in over thirty countries across a range of conflicts at the interface of historical responsibility and imperatives for collective futures. However, lessons from transitional justice theory and practice have not been… Read More Jasmina BrankovicOctober 2, 2018
PolicyPublicationsResearchAfrican Union, Transitional JusticeFirst Continental Transitional Justice Forum: The State of Transitional Justice in AfricaThis report is a reflection of the inaugural three-day Continental Forum on Transitional Justice that was organized by the Department of Political Affairs of the African Union Commission and the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation in Johannesburg, South Africa, on 19–21 October 2017. The objective of the Forum was to create a platform to discuss transitional justice… Read More CSVROctober 1, 2018
PublicationsResearchTorture and State ViolenceEvaluation of the Efficacy of a South African Psychosocial Framework for the Rehabilitation of Torture SurvivorsTo address the consequences of past torture experiences as well as current traumas and daily stressors, the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR) developed a contextually appropriate psychosocial framework for the rehabilitation of individuals who have been affected by torture. Method: To test the efficacy of this framework, a quasiexperimental study was conducted with torture survivor clients… Read More CSVRSeptember 20, 2018
PublicationsResearchTransitional JusticeAdvocating Transitional Justice in Africa: The Role of Civil SocietyThis edited volume examines the role of local civil society in shaping understandings and processes of transitional justice in Africa – a nursery of transitional justice ideas for well over two decades. It brings together practitioners and scholars with intimate knowledge of these processes to evaluate the agendas and strategies of local civil society, and offers an opportunity to reflect… Read More Hugo van der Merwe and Jasmina BrankovicSeptember 19, 2018
PublicationsResearchGender-based ViolenceThe Fathers of DestinyThis study utilised textual analysis to characterise the representation of fatherhood in the eight issues of Destiny Man magazine published in 2014. Stories that pertained to fatherhood and that were related to aspects of contemporary family construction, work, and identity formation were included for detailed text analysis. Our findings suggest that fatherhood is defined by access to wealth, and is… Read More Malose LangaJuly 20, 2018
PublicationsResearchGender-based Violence, Gun Violence, Violence PreventionBlack Man at Oscar Pistorius Trial in AbsentiaThis article explores the social representation of black masculinities as violent in the globally publicized case of the murder by Oscar Pistorius of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp. This murder and the subsequent media interest it generated highlighted the manner in which fear of crime in South Africa, particularly amongst certain sectors of the population such as white, male gun owners… Read More Malose LangaJuly 20, 2018
