PolicyPublicationsAfrican Union, Reparations and Victim Services, Transitional JusticeCOVID-19, Transitional Justice and Victims' Experiences in AfricaThis policy paper explores the situation of victims vis-à-vis transitional justice processes in selected African countries when COVID-19 appeared. It looks at the performance of these transitional justice processes and attempts to ascertain the prospects for the African Union Transitional Justice Policy (AUTJP) to improve remedies for victims. It also suggests ways to orient the AUTJP’s scope to alleviate victims’… Read More Olivier Kambala wa KambalaJune 25, 2021
PolicyPublicationsAfrican Union, Transitional JusticeCharting the Course for Transitional Justice in Africa: Recommendations of the 2017–2020 African Transitional Justice ForumsFrom 2017 through 2020, the Department of Political Affairs of the African Union Commission and the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation organised annual African Transitional Justice Forums—multistakeholder platforms for identifying solutions rooted in collective and national experiences, sharing best practices to advance an African transitional justice discourse and practice, and generating new ideas on how to support… Read More CSVRJune 24, 2021
PolicyPublicationsResearchAfrican Union, Transitional JusticeTransitional Justice and Silencing the Guns in Africa in the Context of COVID-19: Report on the Fourth African Transitional Justice ForumThe Fourth African Transitional Justice Forum, held 0n 26–28 October 2020, addressed the state of transitional justice on the continent, specifically its contribution to the African Union’s 2020 theme of the year, “Silencing the Guns,” amid the challenges and opportunities presented by the COVID-19 pandemic. The Forum panels focused on development, violent extremism, victims’ experiences and fundraising in relation to… Read More Jasmina BrankovicJune 24, 2021
PolicyPublicationsResearchAfrican Union, Transitional JusticeThe State of Transitional Justice in Africa: Report on the Third African Transitional Justice ForumThe Third African Transitional Justice Forum, held on 24–26 September 2019 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, followed the February 2019 adoption of the African Union Transitional Justice Policy (AUTJP), a guiding framework for African Union member states emerging from violent conflicts or repression and establishing transitional justice processes to address past abuses and promote sustainable peace and inclusive development. The Forum… Read More Maxine RubinJune 24, 2021
PolicyPublicationsResearchAfrican Union, Transitional JusticeTowards an African Approach to Transitional Justice: Report on the Second African Transitional Justice ForumInaugurated in 2017, the annual African Transitional Justice Forum provides a multi-stakeholder platform for identifying solutions to common problems in a manner that is rooted in collective and national experiences, sharing best practices to advance an African transitional justice discourse and practice, and generating new ideas on how to support transitional justice processes on the continent. It aims to facilitate… Read More Jasmina BrankovicJune 24, 2021
PublicationsResearchMental Health, Psychosocial Support, Transitional JusticeIntegrating Mental Health and Psychosocial Support into Transitional Justice in the Gambia: Practitioner PerspectivesFollowing the African model of transitional justice presented in the African Union Transitional Justice Policy, this report identifies ways to conceptualise and integrate healing, particularly from psychological wounds, into holistic and contextualised transitional justice practice on the continent. The report draws on reflections from African practitioners engaging with transitional justice issues in The Gambia to share lessons learnt with civil… Read More Jasmina BrankovicJune 22, 2021
