This report provides information and details from the seminar, 'Negotiating Transition: The Limits of the South African Model for the Rest of Africa,'. The seminar explored the impact that the South African model of transitional justice has had in other…
Nahla Valji looks to uncover and reflect on the objectives, potency and obstacles that are so prevalent in the establishment of a trials and truth commission. She makes use of key references such as the Guatemala's Commission for Historical Memory…
This framework document is an attempt by CSVR, in association with other stakeholders, to formulate a prosecution policy regarding past political violence. The document covers background to CSVR's alternative prosecution framework, general benefits and challenges to prosecutions for past political…
The 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…
A Spanish translation of a study by Nahla Valji, 'Balancing Reconciliation and Reparation' in emerging super powers.
This report provides a comprehensive overview of the state of access to information in South Africa with particular focus on the implementation of the Promotion of Access to Information Act (PAIA) (2000). The author draws on several interviews conducted with…