PublicationsResearchReconciliation, Restorative Justice, Transitional JusticeGhana's National Reconciliation Commission: A Comparative AssessmentThis report aims to evaluate Ghana's National Reconciliation Commission against its own objectives and in the context of the comparative experiences of truth commissions in other countries. The research is based on primary and secondary source material on the Ghanaian process as well as 14 interviews conducted with local civil society representatives in Ghana in September 2005. This was supplemented with… Read More Nahla ValjiJanuary 2, 2006
PublicationsResearchEx-combatant Reintegration and Demilitarisation, Reconciliation, Transitional JusticeEx-Combatant Reintegration in South Africa – Key ResourcesThe following document is a list of key resources in the collaborative 'Ex-Combatant Reintegration in South Africa' research project. The project organizations include CSVR (South Africa), the Centre for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (Malawi), the National Society for Human Rights (Namibia), Amani Trust (Zimbabwe) and Justa Paz (Mozambique). Read More Richard RecordsDecember 5, 2005
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
PublicationsResearchReconciliation, Transitional JusticeHas Everything Been Done? The Nature of Assistance to Victims of Past Political Atrocities in Southern AfricaThis following report previously reviewed the availability and character of victim support services, for survivors of political violence, within the context of reconciliation and political transition in each of the following Southern African countries: Namibia, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Malawi and South Africa. The report also provided a historical analysis of the periods of transition in these five countries in order to… Read More Jewel Amoah and Bryant GreenbaumJanuary 3, 2005
PublicationsResearchReconciliation, Transitional JusticeResources on Services for Victims of Political Violence in Southern AfricaThe following document is a key resources list for Services for Victims of Political Violence in Southern Africa. A part of Southern Africa Reconciliation Project (2005). Read More CSVRJanuary 3, 2005
PublicationsResearchEx-combatant Reintegration and Demilitarisation, ReconciliationEvaluation of the 2005 Ex-Combatants' DialoguesThis report assesses whether the dialogues undertaken in the second year of the CSVR's Ex-Combatants Reintegration and Restorative Justice Project pilot ultimately assisted with the Project's key goals of community reconciliation and ex-combatant reintegration. It concludes that the dialogues were indeed beneficial as they taught individuals and communities new mediation and negotiation skills. In addition, with regard to promoting ex-combatant… Read More Bryant GreenbaumDecember 4, 2004
