ArticlesMediaTransitional JusticeIn Search of the "Disappeared": Taking the Campaign to AfricaImagine your loved one simply "disappeared". You approach the local authorities and are met with blank stares. Years later you are still searching, wondering what happened to them or whether they are still alive. "Disappearances" have long been used as a brutal tactic of repressive regimes. In Africa, it has been documented that disappearances have taken place in 25 out… Read More CSVRAugust 4, 2005
PublicationsResearchMemory and Memorialisation, Transitional JusticeMemorialization and Reconciliation in Transitional Southern African SocietiesThe purpose of the subsequent report is to assess the role of memorialization in the process of transition from colonial rule to independence (Namibia, Zimbabwe), from apartheid to non-racist democracy (South Africa), from colonial rule and post-colonial dictatorship (Malawi), or from colonial rule and post-colonial civil war (Mozambique) to peaceful, multiparty political contest for majority support. Read More CSVRJuly 1, 2005
PublicationsResearchReconciliation, Transitional Justice, Truth CommissionsVictim Services for Human Rights Violations in MalawiThe following case study is an in-depth examination of The Centre for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (CHRR) torture victim support project, from its origin to the impact it had even after operations ceased. The purpose of the study is to review what worked well and what did not in terms of NGO activity towards the provision of victim support services… Read More Jewel Amoah and Bryant GreenbaumApril 1, 2005
ArticlesMediaChildren and Youth, Peacebuilding, Transitional JusticeFear, Terror and the Spoils of Power: Youth Militias in ZimbabweIt is when fear becomes part of the social fabric of society that the spoils of abused power become most lucrative. Amidst reports of decreased levels of physical violence in the run up to the 31 March election in Zimbabwe some claim that here at least ZANU-PF is making a difference. But this 'new' level of violence is only relative… Read More CSVRMarch 1, 2005
PublicationsResearchCorrectional Services, Criminal Justice, Transitional Justice, Truth and Reconciliation CommissionSeeking Reconciliation and Reintegration: Assessment of a Pilot Restorative Justice Mediation ProjectWith the aim of addressing the Post-Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) need for both participants and TRC officials to engage in personal and community dialogues in order to bring about real reconciliation, CSVR designed a pilot restorative justice programme to facilitate dialogue between ex-combatants, survivors and their communities. The project drew from restorative justice programmes developed for criminal cases, but… Read More Clara Ramírez Barat and Hugo van der MerweFebruary 1, 2005
PublicationsResearchTransitional Justice, Truth and Reconciliation CommissionReconciliation Through Amnesty? Amnesty Applicants' Views of the South African Truth and Reconciliation CommissionThe subsequent report aims both to inform further intervention with ex-combatants in South Africa and to provide some insights that may guide other international efforts to engage perpetrators of human rights abuses in conditional amnesties, truth seeking, restorative justice and reconciliation processes. Read More Therese Abrahamsen and Hugo van der MerweJanuary 4, 2005
