PublicationsResearchReconciliation, Transitional Justice, Truth CommissionsVictim Services for Human Rights Violations in MalawiThe following case study is an in-depth examination of The Centre for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (CHRR) torture victim support project, from its origin to the impact it had even after operations ceased. The purpose of the study is to review what worked well and what did not in terms of NGO activity towards the provision of victim support services… Read More Jewel Amoah and Bryant GreenbaumApril 1, 2005
PublicationsResearchChildren and Youth, Correctional Services, Criminal JusticeA Review of the Integrated Youth Offender Programme Piloted in Boksburg Juvenile Correctional Centre with the "Inkanyezi Yentathakusa"The subsequent research report written for the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation on March 2005 is an in-depth investigation into the Integrated Youth Offender Programme (IYOP) Piloted in Boksburg Juvenile Correctional Centre with the "Inkanyezi Yentathakusa". The IYOP was built on the theory of risk and resilience and incorporated an understanding of socio-economic dynamics that impinge on… Read More Margaret RoperMarch 1, 2005
PublicationsResearchCorrectional Services, Criminal Justice, Transitional Justice, Truth and Reconciliation CommissionSeeking Reconciliation and Reintegration: Assessment of a Pilot Restorative Justice Mediation ProjectWith the aim of addressing the Post-Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) need for both participants and TRC officials to engage in personal and community dialogues in order to bring about real reconciliation, CSVR designed a pilot restorative justice programme to facilitate dialogue between ex-combatants, survivors and their communities. The project drew from restorative justice programmes developed for criminal cases, but… Read More Clara Ramírez Barat and Hugo van der MerweFebruary 1, 2005
PublicationsResearchTransitional Justice, Truth and Reconciliation CommissionReconciliation Through Amnesty? Amnesty Applicants' Views of the South African Truth and Reconciliation CommissionThe subsequent report aims both to inform further intervention with ex-combatants in South Africa and to provide some insights that may guide other international efforts to engage perpetrators of human rights abuses in conditional amnesties, truth seeking, restorative justice and reconciliation processes. Read More Therese Abrahamsen and Hugo van der MerweJanuary 4, 2005
PublicationsResearchTransitional Justice, Truth and Reconciliation CommissionVictims' Perspectives About the Human Rights Violations HearingsWhat is justice? Is it something absolute that thus requires absolute and unconditional pursuit? How much truth can a society bear and afford? This research report seeks to contribute to answering these question by evaluating the public Human Rights Violations (HRV) hearings. The aim of this study was to explore the experience of victims who testified at the public hearings… Read More Ruth PickerJanuary 4, 2005
PublicationsResearchTorture and State Violence, Violence in TransitionArresting Dissent: State Repression and Post-Apartheid Social MovementsThe following paper documents a research project, spanning a period of eight months. In the study, three urban, poor communities that have experienced, and continue to experience, conflict with the state over basic socio-economic struggles are presented as case studies. Through interviews, community organization materials and qualitative research analysis, the various activities, organizational trajectories and emergent relationships with the state,… Read More Dale McKinley and Ahmed VeriavaJanuary 3, 2005
