PublicationsResearchEx-combatant Reintegration and DemilitarisationStruggles in Peacetime: Working With Ex-combatants in Mozambique – Their Work, Their Frustrations and SuccessesThe subsequent piece is based on interviews with more than 40 former combatants in Mozambique and a number of other relevant actors, it seeks to begin answering some of the questions that hardly ever get asked: what do the lives of ex-combatants really look like? How are they coping in post-war society? What roles do they envisage for themselves in… Read More Bram Posthumus, Salomao Mungoi, Hugo van der Merwe and Richard SmithDecember 1, 2006
PolicyPublicationsResearchPeacebuilding, Public ParticipationThe People Shall Govern: A Research Report on Public Participation in Policy ProcessesThe subsequent report aims to amplify and articulate the voices of those who feel on the outside of policy-making processes. It combines an academic analysis of the concepts related to public participation and the virtues of a participatory democracy, with a record and description of real-life experiences of citizens trying to influence decision-makers. Read More Ephrem Gebre, Gillian Ameck, Colin Christensen, Pamela Masiko, Mpho Matlhakola, Westen Shilaho and Richard SmithDecember 1, 2006
PublicationsResearchGender-based Violence, Migrants and XenophobiaWomen on the Run: Female Survivors of Torture Amongst Zimbabwean Asylum Seekers and Refugees in South AfricaThousands of Zimbabwean women have been subjected to several forms of torture, including rape, throughout the country's current political, economic and humanitarian crisis, according to a previous report produced by the Zimbabwe Torture Victims and Survivors Project. The report was written to coincide with South Africa's 'Sixteen days on gender activism'. It shows that a significant proportion of the women… Read More CSVRDecember 1, 2006
PublicationsResearchChildren and Youth, HIV and AIDSOur Journey with HIV & AIDSThis booklet aims to discuss some of the challenges of HIV & AIDS that teenagers may face. It takes the reader on a journey of self-discovery, offering him/her a better understanding of himself/herself and his/her relationships within the context of the AIDS pandemic in South Africa. Read More Charlotte HulleyNovember 1, 2006
PublicationsResearchReconciliation, Transitional JusticeThe Politics of Restorative Justice in Post-Conflict South Africa and BeyondThis report summaries the key takeaways from a 2 day conference which examined selected aspects of the model of restorative justice in post-apartheid South Africa. Read More Kris Vanspauwen and Ricky RöntschSeptember 21, 2006
PublicationsResearchCorrectional Services, Criminal Justice, Ex-combatant Reintegration and Demilitarisation, Violence in TransitionIs Punishment the Appropriate Response to Gross Human Rights Violations? Is a Non-punitive Justice System Feasible?This conference paper discusses the faulty premises underlying theories of punitive justice, and highlights the problems caused by the use of punitive justice as a means of dealing with various kinds of human rights violations. The paper puts forward a series of arguments in favour of using restorative justice to manage human rights abuses. Read More EZZAT A. FATTAHSeptember 1, 2006
