Climate JusticePublicationsResearchCivil Society, Climate Change, Public Participation, Transitional Justice, Victim AwarenessTransitional and Climate Justice: New Opportunities for Justice in TransitionIn this editorial, Senior Research Specialist Jasmina Brankovic draws on her scholarly work on transitional justice and climate change as well as her practitioner experiences with the ‘unfinished business’ of South Africa’s political transition to propose that the intersection between transitional justice and climate justice – particularly the transformative turn in both – presents new opportunities for imagining and enacting… Read More Jasmina BrankovicJuly 7, 2023
PolicyPublicationsResearchCivil Society, Migrants and Xenophobia, Public Participation, Transitional Justice, Victim AwarenessEngaging Forcibly Displaced Communities in Transitional Justice Processes: A Guidebook for PractitionersThis guidebook for practitioners addresses the global phenomenon of forced migration and seeks to outline how the voices of asylum seekers, refugees and internally displaced people can be effectively integrated into transitional justice processes. Understanding forced migration as both a consequence of conflict and authoritarian rule and a violation in itself, it provides pathways to work directly with forced migrant… Read More CSVRMay 25, 2023
ResearchGender-based Violence, Inequalities, Mental Health, Psychosocial SupportLiterature Review: Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Transitional Justice in AfricaIntroduction This research publication provides a review of the peacebuilding and transitional justice literature on how MHPSS can and must be integrated into post-conflict reconstruction and restoration processes. It describes current approaches to peacebuilding and why transitional justice is a key component of peaceful and resilient post-conflict communities. The review details the limitations of current approaches that lack MHPSS components,… Read More Gugu Resha, Amina Mwaikambo, Modiegi Merafe, Percy Maimela, Stacy Norman Hector, Sumaiya Mohamed and Gugu ShabalalaApril 12, 2023
PolicyPublicationsResearchAfrican Union, Transitional JusticeRevitalising African Traditional Justice Mechanisms: Report on the Fifth African Transitional Justice ForumOn 20–22 October 2021, the Department of Political Affairs, Peace and Security (PAPS) of the African Union Commission (AUC) and the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR) hosted the Fifth African Transitional Justice Forum. The Forum explored a number of issues raised by the increasing unrest, violence and democratic deficits in Africa, which the COVID-19 pandemic has… Read More Jasmina BrankovicSeptember 2, 2022
PolicyPublicationsResearchMental Health, Migrants and Xenophobia, Psychosocial Support, Transitional JusticeForced Migration: A Transitional Justice IssueThis research brief presents recommendations for integrating forced migration and its victims into transitional justice processes. Based on research conducted in partnership with forced migrant communities in The Gambia, Sudan, Syria, and Bangladesh/Myanmar, the recommendations provide guidance for national and international policy makers and civil society actors working at the nexus of transition and migration. Read More CSVRApril 21, 2022
PolicyPublicationsResearchMental Health, Migrants and Xenophobia, Psychosocial Support, Transitional JusticeMigration Forcée: Une Question de Justice TransitionnelleCe sommaire de recherche présente des recommandations pour intégrer la migration forcée et ses victimes dans les processus de justice transitionnelle. Basées sur des recherches menées en partenariat avec des communautés de migrants forcés en Gambie, au Soudan, en Syrie et au Bangladesh/Myanmar, les recommandations fournissent des orientations aux décideurs politiques nationaux et internationaux et aux acteurs de la société… Read More CSVRApril 21, 2022
