MediaOur News and EventsPeacebuildingInternal Seminar: Jay D. Aronson on the Magic of Math in Human RightsOn 19 June 2017, Jay Aronson, the founder and director of the United States-based Centre for Human Rights Science (CHRS), presented his work on transitional justice and technology at the CSVR Cape Town office, sharing the organization’s work in integrating technology into the analysis of human rights violations in the aftermath of conflict and disaster. Aronson demonstrated how CHRS merged… Read More Tasneem KallaJune 19, 2017
MediaVideosPeacebuilding, Violence PreventionInnovations in PeacebuildingThis seminar video examines innovations in peacebuilding efforts across the globe. Read More CSVRJune 13, 2017
MediaPodcastsPeacebuildingPeacebuilding Innovations: International Norms and Local Dynamics in Conflict-Affected CountriesPast experiences in peacebuilding for countries emerging out of conflict have been typically characterized by reform-oriented external donors and progressive forces internally (usually supported by development donors) pursuing human rights-based empowerment approaches to redress marginalization and disadvantage in efforts to address causes of conflict and lay the foundation for a more stable peace. Such rights-based or empowerment approaches, however, may exacerbate tensions at national and local levels in conflict-affected countries as newly mobilized groups confront deep-seated and often “illiberal” political, social, and economic orders that resist change. Read More CSVRMay 10, 2017
PublicationsResearchEx-combatant Reintegration and Demilitarisation, Peacebuilding, Transitional Justice, Violence in TransitionReturning to One Another: Easing Engagement About Things That Matter (A Treasure Trove of Ideas and Exercises to Build Community and Hold Conversations That Matter)This paper contains a selection of the important substantive concepts and theoretical underpinnings of the Learning Series. The series was conceived out of the collaboration between the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR) and Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZHLR), which identified the need for human rights activists and lawyers to develop or deepen their facilitation skills… Read More CSVR and ZLHRApril 4, 2014
PublicationsResearchPeacebuilding, Transitional JusticeAt the Confluence: Where Human Rights and Conflict Transformation Meet (A Selection of Content and Exercises That Explore Working at the Confluence of Human Rights and Conflict Transformation)Between 2011 and 2013 the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR) and Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) collaborated to conceive and implement a learning series, entitled “Spinning the Web: Exploring the Nexus between Human Rights and Conflict Transformation”. This was born out of the identified need for human rights activists and lawyers to develop or deepen… Read More CSVR and ZLHRApril 4, 2014
PublicationsResearchPeacebuilding, Transitional JusticeFramed! How the Human Rights Framework Shapes Our Engagements (A Treasure Trove of Ideas and Exercises to Explore the Framework That Human Rights Offers)Between 2011 and 2013 the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR) and Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) collaborated to conceive and implement a learning series, entitled “Spinning the Web: Exploring the Nexus between Human Rights and Conflict Transformation”. This was born out of the identified need for human rights activists and lawyers to develop or deepen… Read More CSVR and ZLHRApril 4, 2014
