PublicationsResearchInequalities, Transitional Justice, Violence PreventionConducting Participatory Action Research with Apartheid Survivors: Lessons from 'Addressing Socioeconomic Drivers of Violence in Khulumani Communities'In 2015–2016, the apartheid survivors’ organisation Khulumani Support Group in the Western Cape (KSGWC) and its partner the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR) set out to explore new ways for a victims’ group and a nongovernmental organisation to work together on addressing socioeconomic exclusion in the context of political transition. Seeking to deepen their levels of… Read More Jasmina BrankovicApril 17, 2017
ArticlesMediaChildren and Youth, Inequalities, Transitional JusticePress Release: CSVR Supports Call for Transformation of Higher Learning InstitutionsThe current protests on campuses cannot be resolved by dealing only with issues of free higher education, but must also deal with the unresolved legacies of the past. The patterns of escalation during #feesmustfall protests follow other protests which ended violently. It is the same script as what we saw in Marikana and Tshwane. It seems as if we as… Read More CSVROctober 3, 2016
PublicationsResearchTransitional JusticePractitioner Perspectives on Transitional Justice: TunisiaCSVR shares practitioners’ perspectives on transitional justice efforts in their local contexts and civil society’s role in shaping transitions. This brief presents reflections on the Tunisian experience offered by Amine Ghali, programme director of Al Kawakibi Democracy Transition Center, during a March 2015 talk in South Africa. Read More CSVRFebruary 28, 2015
PublicationsResearchTransitional JusticeTransitional Justice in Post-Conflict Societies: Conceptual Foundations and DebatesPart of a publication that outlines transitional justice in the context of the current Bangsamoro peace process in the Philippines, this chapter provides a brief overview of the conceptual evolution of transitional justice. It then discusses challenges likely to be met in post-conflict transitional settings - namely, multiple armed groups, legal pluralism, ethnic and religious tensions, socioeconomic marginalization, and gender… Read More Jasmina Brankovic and Hugo van der MerweJuly 1, 2014
PublicationsResearchTransitional JusticeTransitional Justice and Human RightsPresenting a brief, political history of transitional justice, this chapter shows the ways in which transitional justice is caught between international human rights' normative claims and local norms and constraints regarding delivering justice. The chapter was published in the SAGE Handbook of Human Rights, a two-volume set that analyses human rights issues of both contemporary and future importance. Read More Jasmina Brankovic and Hugo van der MerweJune 30, 2014
PublicationsResearchEx-combatant Reintegration and Demilitarisation, Peacebuilding, Transitional Justice, Violence in TransitionReturning to One Another: Easing Engagement About Things That Matter (A Treasure Trove of Ideas and Exercises to Build Community and Hold Conversations That Matter)This paper contains a selection of the important substantive concepts and theoretical underpinnings of the Learning Series. The series was conceived out of the collaboration between the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR) and Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZHLR), which identified the need for human rights activists and lawyers to develop or deepen their facilitation skills… Read More CSVR and ZLHRApril 4, 2014
