PublicationsResearchTorture and State Violence, Trauma CounsellingM&E for Improved Services: Setting Up and Implementing a Clinic-Based M&E System for the Rehabilitation of Torture Victims at the CSVR, JohannesburgThe Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation has a history both of providing psychosocial services to clients, as well as developing and implementing a results-based Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) system that allows them to better understand and improve the work that they are doing with clients. The purpose of this report is to better understand what it has… Read More Dominique Dix-PeekNovember 30, 2014
PublicationsResearchTransitional JusticeTransitional Justice in Post-Conflict Societies: Conceptual Foundations and DebatesPart of a publication that outlines transitional justice in the context of the current Bangsamoro peace process in the Philippines, this chapter provides a brief overview of the conceptual evolution of transitional justice. It then discusses challenges likely to be met in post-conflict transitional settings - namely, multiple armed groups, legal pluralism, ethnic and religious tensions, socioeconomic marginalization, and gender… Read More Jasmina Brankovic and Hugo van der MerweJuly 1, 2014
PublicationsResearchTransitional JusticeTransitional Justice and Human RightsPresenting a brief, political history of transitional justice, this chapter shows the ways in which transitional justice is caught between international human rights' normative claims and local norms and constraints regarding delivering justice. The chapter was published in the SAGE Handbook of Human Rights, a two-volume set that analyses human rights issues of both contemporary and future importance. Read More Jasmina Brankovic and Hugo van der MerweJune 30, 2014
PublicationsResearchPsychosocial Support, Torture and State ViolenceUnderstanding Contextually Based M&E and Knowledge Generation Systems in the African Region: Towards Effective Torture Rehabilitation Services in the RegionThis scoping exercise is designed to be a first step in developing a better understanding of the contextual challenges and achievements of Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) work in organisations that provide torture rehabilitation and prevention services in Africa. The discussion presents and explores the findings of interviews with organisations in Africa that provide torture rehabilitation and prevention services. Read More Caroline Walker and Dominique Dix-PeekMay 5, 2014
PublicationsResearchEx-combatant Reintegration and Demilitarisation, Peacebuilding, Transitional Justice, Violence in TransitionReturning to One Another: Easing Engagement About Things That Matter (A Treasure Trove of Ideas and Exercises to Build Community and Hold Conversations That Matter)This paper contains a selection of the important substantive concepts and theoretical underpinnings of the Learning Series. The series was conceived out of the collaboration between the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR) and Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZHLR), which identified the need for human rights activists and lawyers to develop or deepen their facilitation skills… Read More CSVR and ZLHRApril 4, 2014
PublicationsResearchPeacebuilding, Transitional JusticeAt the Confluence: Where Human Rights and Conflict Transformation Meet (A Selection of Content and Exercises That Explore Working at the Confluence of Human Rights and Conflict Transformation)Between 2011 and 2013 the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR) and Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) collaborated to conceive and implement a learning series, entitled “Spinning the Web: Exploring the Nexus between Human Rights and Conflict Transformation”. This was born out of the identified need for human rights activists and lawyers to develop or deepen… Read More CSVR and ZLHRApril 4, 2014
