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
MediaVideosPeacebuilding, Reconciliation, Transitional Justice, Truth CommissionsConflict-Related Sexual Violence and TransitionsAround the globe, women and children are especially vulnerable to sexual violence in wartime. In peacetime, they are disadvantaged by social norms, discrimination, and gender-based violence, which are only exacerbated in wartime. With examples from around the continent, this video shows how sexual violence has historically been a central part of conflict and repression in Africa. It advocates for survivors… Read More CSVRMay 17, 2023
PolicyPublicationsChildren and Youth, Transitional JusticeHarnessing Africa's Demographic Dividends for Youth Participation in Transitional JusticeThis policy paper explores the impacts of violent conflict on youth in Africa and approaches for ensuring their effective involvement in peace and transitional justice processes. It analyses regional and international policies that guarantee youth participation, and identifies challenges working against them. The paper concludes with recommendations on how best to address these challenges, with a view to involving young… Read More Usani OdumNovember 30, 2022
MediaOur News and EventsAfrican Union, Transitional JusticeSixth African Transitional Justice ForumThe African Union Commission (Department of Political Affairs, Peace and Security) and the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR) in collaboration with the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Togo (HCRRUN) successfully organized the Sixth Edition of the Continental Transitional Justice Forum, held in person in Lomé, Togo from 7- 9 September 2022. The overall objective of the… Read More CSVRSeptember 19, 2022
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
Our News and EventsAfrican Union, Transitional JusticeThe 6th Edition of the African Transitional Justice Forum 2022The African Union Commission (Department of Political Affairs, Peace and Security) and the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR) in collaboration with the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Togo (HCRRUN) will be convening the 6th edition of the African Transitional Justice Forum, scheduled to be held in person in Lomé, Togo from 7- 9 September 2022. The… Read More CSVRAugust 31, 2022
