PublicationsResearchPeacebuilding, Social CohesionWhen Spider Webs Unite They Can Tie Up a Lion (A Treasure Trove of Ideas and Exercises for Spinning a Web of Enhanced Relationships)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, Social CohesionWhat Lies Beyond? Delving Below the Surface of Conflict (A Treasure Trove of Exercises, Tools and Perspectives on Transforming Conflict and How We Relate to It)The series, entitled “Spinning the Web: Exploring the Nexus between Human Rights and Conflict Transformation”, was conceived out of the collaboration between CSVR and ZLHR and the identified need for human rights activists and lawyers to develop or deepen their facilitation skills to meet the needs of a changing socio-political environment. This paper contains a selection of the important substantive… Read More CSVR and ZLHRApril 4, 2014
PolicyPublicationsResearchPeacebuilding, Transitional JusticePeace, Justice and Accountability After War and Dictatorship Prospects for the African ContextThe Peace Building section of the Belgian Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, together with the Centre for Historical Research and Documentation on War and Contemporary Society (Belgium) and the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (South Africa), hosted the workshop 'Peace, justice and accountability after war and dictatorship: Prospects for the African context' from 7-8 March in Cape… Read More CSVRApril 27, 2013
PublicationsResearchPeacebuilding, Reconciliation, Transitional JusticeAfrican Union Commission Consultation with African Union Member States on Transitional JusticeThis report is a reflection of a two-day expert consultation on Transitional Justice with African Union Member States organised by the Department of Political Affairs of the African Union Commission (AUC) in collaboration with the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR), which took place from 12–13 September 2011 in Cape Town, South Africa. The aim of the… Read More CSVRJanuary 24, 2012
PublicationsResearchPeacebuilding, Transitional Justice, Trauma and Transition, Truth CommissionsNegotiating Transition: The Limits of the South African Model for the Rest of AfricaThis report provides information and details from the seminar, ‘Negotiating Transition: The Limits of the South African Model for the Rest of Africa,’. The seminar explored the impact that the South African model of transitional justice has had in other contexts. It also looked at the effect that political deals such as governments of national unity have on the possibility… Read More CSVRMarch 1, 2010
ArticlesMediaPeacebuilding, Transitional JusticeInterview Transcript: Effectiveness of the MDC Party in Tackling the Mugabe Regime.Violet Gonda: Glen Mpani is my guest on the programme Hot Seat. He is the Regional Co-ordinator for the transitional justice program at the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation in Cape Town , and he is also studying towards a PhD in political science. Glen is doing his PhD research on the Tsvangirai led MDC - a… Read More CSVRSeptember 4, 2008
