Our News and EventsInequalities, Memory and Memorialisation, PeacebuildingReparations and Memory for the Marikana Massacre after 10 YearsTen years have passed since the Marikana Massacre on 16 August 2022. Yet we are still not close to securing full reparations for victims. The process of civil claims, prosecutions, and support services has been piecemeal and often insensitive to the needs of victims. CSVR and the Institute for Business Ethics University of St Gallen will share findings from their… Read More CSVRJune 27, 2022
ArticlesMediaAfrican Union, Inequalities, PeacebuildingRamaphosa Must Tell G7 — You've Supported Victims of Ukraine War, Now Support Those in AfricaJust as G7 hosts, Germany, and its European counterparts benefited from Marshall Plan investment after the second world war, the richest countries must now support global recovery by investing in four key areas. When President of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa and the Chairperson of the African Union (AU), president of Senegal, Macky Sall, attend the G7 Summit in Germany this… Read More Annah Moyo-KupetaJune 27, 2022
MediaOur News and EventsVideosPeacebuilding, Reconciliation, Transitional Justice, Truth CommissionsPanel Discussion: Integrating Forced Migration and Transitional JusticeThis panel video provides insights into the intersections between forced migration and transitional justice. It is a discussion organised by the Centre for the Study of Violence and the International Coalition of Sites of Conscience for the Global Initative for Justice, Truth and Reconciliation. https://youtu.be/kpRac7k1F-g Read More CSVRMay 27, 2022
MediaOur News and EventsPeacebuilding, Transitional JusticeCSVR Regional Working Group Session Enhancing the Synergy between Transitional Justice and Constitution-drafting Dates – May 26th 2022As part of a year-long Global Initiative for Justice, Truth and Reconciliation (GIJTR) program focused on enhancing the synergy between transitional justice and constitution-drafting, the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR) is hosting a virtual Regional Workshop on May 26th 2022, between 2pm-4.30pm SAST, with practitioners, policymakers and experts with experience in post-conflict constitutional drafting and transitional… Read More CSVRMay 12, 2022
PublicationsResearchPeacebuilding, Transitional JusticeA Compendium on the State of Peace, Reconciliation and Healing in Southern Africa (in English, French and Portuguese)This report details the shared challenges and opportunities Lesotho, Namibia, Mozambique, Mauritius, Seychelles and Zimbabwe face with respect to how they have approached, and continue to approach, transitional justice processes. Read More CSVRApril 7, 2022
ArticlesMediaPeacebuilding, Transitional Justice, Truth CommissionsTransitional Justice and Peacebuilding: Is There a Role for Faith-based Actors?As South Africa mourns the passing of Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu, it is a moment to reflect on the role that faith-based actors play in transitional justice and in the maintenance of peaceful societies. Tutu's activism in pre and post-apartheid South Africa demonstrated the United Nation's definition of transnational justice characterised by a full range of processes associated with a society's attempt… Read More Tsholofelo NakediJanuary 10, 2022
