PublicationsResearchReparations and Victim Services, Torture and State Violence, Trauma CounsellingDeveloping an African Torture Rehabilitation Model: A Contextually Informed, Evidence-Based Psychosocial Model for the Rehabilitation of Victims of Torture (Part 2: Detailing an African Torture Rehabilitation Model Through Engagement with the Clinical Team)The Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR) embarked on a project of developing an evidence-based African torture rehabilitation model, with the goal of gaining an understanding of what the main challenges faced by victims of torture are, and how these can be addressed. Step one of this project involved conducting research to set the foundations of a… Read More Monica BandeiraFebruary 3, 2014
PublicationsResearchCorrectional Services, Torture and State ViolenceAnalysis of Existing Data on Torture in South Africa with Specific Focus on Annual Reports Published by IPID and JICSCurrently, there is little information on patterns and trends of torture in South Africa. This research report seeks to fill this gap, analysing annual reports released by two government oversight bodies, namely, the Judicial Inspectorate of Correctional Services (JICS) and the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID), over a period of five years (2007 to 2011) to try to understand patterns… Read More Malose LangaJanuary 27, 2014
PublicationsResearchReparations and Victim Services, Torture and State Violence, Trauma CounsellingDeveloping an African Torture Rehabilitation Model: A Contextually Informed, Evidence-Based Psychosocial Model for the Rehabilitation of Victims of Torture (Part 1: Setting the Foundations of an African Torture Rehabilitation Model Through Research)The Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR) embarked on a project of developing an evidence-based African torture rehabilitation model, with the goal of gaining an understanding of what the main challenges faced by victims of torture are, and how these can be addressed. The first step of this project, and the basis for this report, involved conducting… Read More Monica BandeiraJanuary 27, 2014
PublicationsResearchReparations and Victim Services, Torture and State Violence, Trauma CounsellingDeveloping an African Torture Rehabilitation Model: A Contextually Informed, Evidence-Based Psychosocial Model for the Rehabilitation of Victims of Torture (Appendix to Part 1)This document includes all the appendixes for the report entitled: “Developing an African Torture Rehabilitation Model: a contextually-informed, evidence-based psychosocial model for the rehabilitation of victims of torture. PART 1 – Setting the foundations of an African Torture Rehabilitation Model through research”. In order to understand its contents it is necessary for the reader to first read the report as… Read More Monica BandeiraJanuary 27, 2014
PublicationsResearchPsychosocial Support, Torture and State Violence, Trauma CounsellingFinding Our Way: Developing a Community Work Model for Addressing TortureWe outline the parameters for the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation's (CSVR's) approach to community intervention for torture and cruel, inhumane and degrading treatment (CIDT) as it emerged towards the end of 2011. This model is now being implemented and carried out in three places around the Gauteng area in South Africa. In this report, we present… Read More Megan Bantjies, Malose Langa and Steffen JensenDecember 16, 2013
PublicationsResearchPsychosocial Support, Torture and State ViolenceTheories of Community Intervention: Implications for the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation Torture Project (Appendix A)This paper was written with the aim of providing a theoretical basis for the Centre for the Study of Violence Reconciliation's model of community intervention with a specific focus on work done in the field of torture and cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment. The document briefly reviews some of the better known theories and models of community work from psychology… Read More Megan BantjiesDecember 16, 2013
