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
PublicationsResearchReconciliation, Transitional JusticeHas Everything Been Done? The Nature of Assistance to Victims of Past Political Atrocities in Southern AfricaThis following report previously reviewed the availability and character of victim support services, for survivors of political violence, within the context of reconciliation and political transition in each of the following Southern African countries: Namibia, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Malawi and South Africa. The report also provided a historical analysis of the periods of transition in these five countries in order to… Read More Jewel Amoah and Bryant GreenbaumJanuary 3, 2005
PublicationsResearchTransitional Justice, Truth and Reconciliation CommissionKey Resources on Reparations in Southern AfricaThe following Bibliography is a part of research that forms part of a study "Southern Africa Reconciliation Project" funded by the International Development Research Centre. It was a collaborative project involving CSVR (South Africa), the Centre for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (Malawi), the National Society for Human Rights (Namibia), Amani Trust (Zimbabwe) and Justa Paz (Mozambique). Read More Christopher J. ColvinJanuary 3, 2005
PublicationsResearchReconciliation, Transitional JusticeResources on Services for Victims of Political Violence in Southern AfricaThe following document is a key resources list for Services for Victims of Political Violence in Southern Africa. A part of Southern Africa Reconciliation Project (2005). Read More CSVRJanuary 3, 2005
PublicationsResearchMemory and Memorialisation, Transitional JusticeSymbolic Reparations: A Fractured OpportunityThe following report is primarily a discussion document that seeks to record some of the initiatives that government, communities and civil society have engaged upon with regards to memorialization initiatives. In documenting these initiatives, the report highlights some of the challenges and successes that major stakeholders face, as well as the needs of victims and communities around memorialization processes. Read More Ereshnee NaiduDecember 6, 2004
PublicationsResearchReconciliation, Transitional Justice, Truth CommissionsReconciliación y reparación: un balanceA Spanish translation of a study by Nahla Valji, 'Balancing Reconciliation and Reparation' in emerging super powers. Read More Nahla ValjiJuly 1, 2004