PublicationsResearchViolence PreventionAn Integrated Model for Working with CommunitiesThis report provides a concise overview of best practice guidelines for community-based violence prevention initiatives. It then presents an integrated model for working with communities, based on a review of CSVR's psychosocial and violence prevention interventions aimed at addressing underlying drivers of violence, healing the effects of violence and building functional and resilient communities over nearly 30 years. Read More CSVRNovember 2, 2017
PublicationsResearchCriminal Justice, Reconciliation, Transitional JusticeTunisia: The Colonial Legacy and Transitional JusticeFollowing the 2011 Revolution ending over five decades of dictatorship, Tunisia embarked on a comprehensive transitional justice process to investigate a broad range of state violations against its citizens, including false imprisonment, torture, assassination as well as social marginalisation and economic exclusion. This report discusses how colonial rule politically, economically, and socially transformed the country in ways that would shape… Read More CSVROctober 24, 2017
PublicationsResearchChildren and Youth, Peacebuilding, Restorative Justice, Transitional JusticeBenchmarking the Role of African Youth in Transitional Justice ProcessesThe increasing role of African youth in political transformations and conflicts in the African continent is inevitably linked to the demographic reality that Africa is a continent of the Youth. This increasing role is also attributable to the capacity of mass mobilisation through new technology of information and communication, notably social media. This report examines approaches for including young people… Read More CSVROctober 24, 2017
PublicationsResearchAmnesty, Prosecutions and Pardons, Reconciliation, Transitional JusticeNigeria: The Colonial Legacy and Transitional JusticeThis report provides an overview of the legacies of colonisation and demonstrates its impact on transitional justice in Nigeria. It argues that the current injustices in Nigeria are strongly connected to the country’s colonial history. Colonial policies, laws and structures have continued in use, either directly or indirectly and to various extents, long after independence. These ‘legacies’ play a fundamental… Read More Hakeem YusufOctober 24, 2017
PublicationsResearchTorture and State ViolenceTorture and Corruption: Violent Exchanges in Marginalized South African CommunitiesThis chapter examines the link between corrupt activities and the threat of ill-treatment or torture. It looks at how law enforcement uses force or threats thereof to extort money and services from vulnerable groups and what effects this has. This chapter was published in "Corruption and Torture: Violent Exchange and the Policing of the Urban Poor," edited by Steffen Jensen… Read More Malose Langa and Hugo van der MerweOctober 2, 2017
PublicationsResearchGender-based Violence, Violence PreventionViolence Against Women in South Africa: A Country in CrisisThis research contributes towards explaining the high prevalence of violence against women (VAW) in South Africa, and presents recommendations to inform interventions by women, government departments and the wider society for addressing VAW. It does so from the experiences and perceptions of survivors of VAW, a perspective that is underexplored. Read More CSVRSeptember 12, 2017
