PolicyPublicationsResearchPolicy-Making, Transitional JusticeFuture Challenges to Policy-Making in Countries in TransitionThe subsequent document is a report on the Presentation to the Workshop Comparative Experiences of Policy Making and Implementation in Countries in Transition, 6th - 7th February 2001, Derry/Londonderry, Northern Ireland. The report reflects on discussions such as the patterns of need and popular expectation change, how policy is not just about vision, the specific character of transition affects the… Read More Graeme Simpson, Brandon Hamber and Noel StottDecember 7, 2001
PublicationsResearchReconciliation, Transitional Justice, Truth CommissionsInterventions After the TRC – Reconciliation, Advocacy & HealingCSVR decided to host a one-day workshop where further dialogue about the topics revolving around research on community intervention projects concerned with reconciliation, healing and advocacy work beyond the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) in South Africa. The workshop was an attempt to build on the case studies and the conversations and debates that ensued among initiatives, among researchers and… Read More Undine Whande KayserOctober 1, 2001
PublicationsResearchReconciliation, Transitional Justice, Truth CommissionsReport of The National Strategy Workshop on ReparationsTo coincide with the third anniversary of the Truth Commission's final report, the Transition and Reconciliation Programme of CSVR hosted a national strategy workshop on reparations, which among others aimed at establishing the status, nature and time-frames set by government for implementation of the final reparations. Investigate how the rights of victims should be balanced with the amnesties enjoyed by… Read More Simon KimaniOctober 1, 2001
PublicationsResearchCriminal Justice, Reparations, Transitional JusticeSentencing: A Compensation Scheme for Victims of Crime in South AfricaThis report considers the feasibility of establishing a Victim Compensation Scheme (VCS) in South Africa. It begins by providing an overview of the nature and extent of violent crime in the country. This is considered critical to understanding the foundation for such a compensation scheme and for realistically costing such an endeavor. The report also briefly documents the economic, physical… Read More CSVRJuly 2, 2001
PublicationsResearchReconciliation, Transitional Justice, Truth CommissionsGangs, Pagad and the State: Vigilantism and Revenge Violence in the Western CapeThis booklet was funded by International Development Research Centre (IDRC). The Violence and Transition Series is a product of an extensive research project conducted by the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR) into the nature and extent of violence during South Africa's transition from apartheid rule to democracy. The booklet goes on to provide a short history,… Read More Bill Dixon and Lisa-Marie JohnsMay 1, 2001
PublicationsResearchReconciliation, Transitional Justice, Truth CommissionsReconciliation and the Transformation of Conflicts: The Reconciliation and Reconstruction Programme of the Quaker Peace CentreThis report forms part of a previous research project of the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR) aimed at a comprehensive analysis of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) process in South Africa. This study concentrates on conflict resolution work done at the local level, mainly in disadvantaged communities throughout the greater Cape Town metropolitan area. It… Read More Jochen NeumannMay 1, 2001
