PublicationsResearchPeacebuilding, Transitional JusticeAt the Confluence: Where Human Rights and Conflict Transformation Meet (A Selection of Content and Exercises That Explore Working at the Confluence of Human Rights and Conflict Transformation)Between 2011 and 2013 the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR) and Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) collaborated to conceive and implement a learning series, entitled “Spinning the Web: Exploring the Nexus between Human Rights and Conflict Transformation”. This was born out of the identified need for human rights activists and lawyers to develop or deepen… Read More CSVR and ZLHRApril 4, 2014
PublicationsResearchPeacebuilding, Transitional JusticeFramed! How the Human Rights Framework Shapes Our Engagements (A Treasure Trove of Ideas and Exercises to Explore the Framework That Human Rights Offers)Between 2011 and 2013 the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR) and Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) collaborated to conceive and implement a learning series, entitled “Spinning the Web: Exploring the Nexus between Human Rights and Conflict Transformation”. This was born out of the identified need for human rights activists and lawyers to develop or deepen… Read More CSVR and ZLHRApril 4, 2014
PublicationsResearchReconciliation, Transitional Justice, Truth CommissionsAccountability and National Reconciliation in South AfricaThis paper offers an exploration of the state of accountability and reconciliation in South Africa, calling for a look not only at the agenda and impact of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission but also at the role played by state and other structures after 1994. This article suggests that accountability and reconciliation have been limited, although the responsibility for this… Read More Jasmina BrankovicFebruary 13, 2014
PublicationsResearchReparations and Victim Services, Torture and State Violence, Transitional JusticePan-African Reparation Perspectives: Special Bulletin on Reparation for Victims of Torture in AfricaThis special bulletin contains several short articles relating to transitional justice in Africa, focusing in particular on reparations for torture. Each article discusses a particular African regional institution or piece of legislation which can be used to attain justice for victims of torture in Africa. Read More APDH, CSVR, EIPR, PRAWA and REDRESSJuly 2, 2013
PolicyPublicationsResearchReparations and Victim Services, Transitional JusticePerspectives Panafricaines sur la RéparationUn bulletin spécial sur la réparation pour les victimes de la torture en Afrique. Read More CSVRJuly 2, 2013
ArticlesMediaAfrican Union, Transitional JusticeAfrican Union and CSVR Sign Memorandum of UnderstandingThe Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR) is pleased to announce the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the African Union Commission (AUC). The document that formalises the long standing institutional relationship between the two entities was signed on the margins of the significant 50th Anniversary Commemorations of the Organisation of African Union (OAU) in… Read More CSVRMay 20, 2013
