PublicationsResearchCivil Society, Public Participation, Transitional Justice, Victim AwarenessEnabling Popular Participation in Transitional Justice in SomaliaGiven the country’s increasing stability, transitional justice has become an option for addressing the violence and gross human rights violations that have marked Somalia’s history from the colonial period to the present. Experiences in other African countries over the past three decades show that transitional justice processes are more likely to be effective if they are rooted in popular participation,… Read More Farhia MohamudJanuary 15, 2025
PolicyPublicationsCivil Society, Public Participation, Transitional Justice, Victim AwarenessSomali Federal and State Interior Ministries: How to Enable Popular Participation in Transitional JusticeAfter years of conflict and instability, Somalia is entering a period where transitional justice is possible. Three decades of experience in Africa shows that transitional justice processes are more likely to be effective if they are rooted in popular participation, particularly of victims/survivors and communities affected by violence. While the Somali government has not yet launched a truth commission, prosecutions,… Read More CSVRJanuary 15, 2025
PolicyPublicationsCivil Society, Public Participation, Transitional Justice, Victim AwarenessWasaaradaha Arrimaha Gudaha ee Federaalka iyo Dowlad-goboleedyada Soomaaliya: Sida Loo Suurtagelin Karo Ka Qaybgalka Dadweynaha ee Cadaaladda Xilliga Kala-guurkaSanado badan oo colaado iyo xasillooni-darro ah kadib, Soomaaliya waxay galeysaa xilli ay suuragal tahay in cadaaladda xilliga kala-guurka la hirgeliyo. Khibrad soddon sano oo Afrika ah waxa ay muujineysaa in geeddi-socodka cadaaladda xilliga kala-guurka uu u badan yahay inuu noqdo mid guuleysta haddii uu salka ku hayo ka qaybgalka shacabka, gaar ahaan dhibbanayaasha iyo bulshooyinka ay colaaduhu saameeyeen. Inkastoo… Read More CSVRJanuary 15, 2025
PolicyPublicationsResearchAfrican Union, Civil Society, Transitional Justice, Victim AwarenessMaximising Popular Participation in Transitional Justice in Africa: A Guidance Paper for Multilateral ActorsMultilateral actors are increasingly interested in supporting transitional justice processes that maximise popular participation, especially by victims/survivors of violence and communities most affected by human rights abuses. Looking at the African context, this guidance paper outlines practical strategies for multilateral actors to mainstream participation in transitional justice processes, including formal, state-led measures and non-formal, civil society-led measures. The guidance is… Read More Simon Robins and Jasmina BrankovicDecember 11, 2024
Climate JusticePublicationsResearchCivil Society, Climate Change, Public Participation, Transitional Justice, Victim AwarenessTransitional and Climate Justice: New Opportunities for Justice in TransitionIn this editorial, Senior Research Specialist Jasmina Brankovic draws on her scholarly work on transitional justice and climate change as well as her practitioner experiences with the ‘unfinished business’ of South Africa’s political transition to propose that the intersection between transitional justice and climate justice – particularly the transformative turn in both – presents new opportunities for imagining and enacting… Read More Jasmina BrankovicJuly 7, 2023
PolicyPublicationsResearchCivil Society, Migrants and Xenophobia, Public Participation, Transitional Justice, Victim AwarenessEngaging Forcibly Displaced Communities in Transitional Justice Processes: A Guidebook for PractitionersThis guidebook for practitioners addresses the global phenomenon of forced migration and seeks to outline how the voices of asylum seekers, refugees and internally displaced people can be effectively integrated into transitional justice processes. Understanding forced migration as both a consequence of conflict and authoritarian rule and a violation in itself, it provides pathways to work directly with forced migrant… Read More CSVRMay 25, 2023
