MediaOur News and EventsCorporate Accountability, Reparations and Victim Services, Transitional JusticeMarikana Redress Webinar EventOn 2 September 2021, the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation will be hosting a commemorative webinar event to explore and discuss the extent to which reparative processes and attempts have come to fruition. To date, attempts at redress have been fragmented and incomplete and this reflects poorly on the overall achievement of justice, peace and reconciliation. While… Read More CSVRMay 13, 2021
ArticlesMediaAfrican Union, Climate Change, Peacebuilding, Transitional JusticePeacebuilding and Conflict Resolution in Africa Must Include Impacts of Climate CrisisWhen climate change impacts affect people’s access to the natural resources they rely on — such as water, timber and land for crops — it strains relations within and across social groups. Social cohesion is the glue that holds society together. When things get tough, that glue weakens and the risk of conflict increases. Africa is responsible for a mere… Read More Gugu NonjingeApril 14, 2021
MediaVideosTransitional JusticeLecciones desde los Paises que han Transitado del Conflicto a la Paz: El Caso de SudafricaEl 24 de Marzo 2021, el Ministerio de Justicia y del Derecho del Gobierno de Colombia y el Fundación Panamericana para el Desarrollo realizarán el Foro internacional: 'Lecciones de los países que han transitado del conflicto armado a la paz', donde se conocerán las experiencias de otros países para la implementación del modelo de justicia transicional en Colombia. Jasmina Brankovic,… Read More CSVRApril 10, 2021
MediaVideosTransitional JusticeGambian National Dialogue on Forgiveness, Accountability and HealingCSVR's Jacqui Chowles spoke at the Gambian National Dialogue on Foregiveness, Accountability and Healing on the theme of forgiveness, history and healing. The national dialogue was organised by the African Network against Extrajudicial Killings and Enforced Disappearances (ANEKED). Read More CSVRDecember 17, 2020
MediaVideosTransitional JusticeFourth African Transitional Justice Forum: Panel on Violent ExtremismOn 26–28 October 2020, the African Union Commission Department of Political Affairs and CSVR hosted the fourth African Transitional Justice Forum. An inaugural online version of the Forum, the three-day conference addressed the state of transitional justice on the continent, specifically its contribution to the AU’s 2020 theme of the year, “Silencing the Guns,” amid the challenges and opportunities presented… Read More CSVRDecember 4, 2020
MediaVideosTransitional JusticeFourth African Transitional Justice Forum: Panel on the Future of Transitional Justice After COVID-19On 26–28 October 2020, the African Union Commission Department of Political Affairs and CSVR hosted the fourth African Transitional Justice Forum. An inaugural online version of the Forum, the three-day conference addressed the state of transitional justice on the continent, specifically its contribution to the AU’s 2020 theme of the year, “Silencing the Guns,” amid the challenges and opportunities presented… Read More CSVRDecember 4, 2020