MediaVideosTransitional JusticeFourth African Transitional Justice Forum: Panel on Victims' ExperiencesOn 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 AU Transitional Justice PolicyOn 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: Opening CeremonyOn 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
MediaVideosPeacebuilding, Transitional JusticeNavigating Covid-19 Through a Peacebuilding LensThis webinar presents Africa-based practitioners' perspectives on navigating the pandemic through as peacebuilding lens. Read More CSVRJuly 17, 2020
ArticlesMediaInequalities, Transitional Justice, Trauma and TransitionSocioeconomic Oppression and the Need to Rethink Transitional JusticeIn South Africa, organized survivors of apartheid violations have increasingly focused on socioeconomic issues. There are continuities, they note, between the colonial and apartheid past and the democratic present. While building on the work of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, survivors break new ground in bringing socioeconomic rights and locally grounded initiatives to the forefront of transitional justice, explains the… Read More Jasmina BrankovicJuly 5, 2020
ArticlesMediaInequalities, Transitional Justice, Trauma and TransitionInequality Is the Primary Driver of Violence, Say Apartheid SurvivorsDescribing how high levels of inequality and violence feed each other, survivors of apartheid violations hold that people-driven social transformation is key to reducing both—and to fulfilling the promises of the democratic transition. “What is the cause of violence? It is caused by poverty, hunger and jobs being unavailable.” Organised apartheid survivors, like the Khulumani Support Group member quoted here,… Read More Jasmina BrankovicJuly 5, 2020
