PublicationsTransitional Justice, Violence in TransitionTRANSITIONAL JUSTICE TOOLS TO ADDRESS RADICALISM AND VIOLENT EXTREMISMThis in-depth and comprehensive compendium provides key literature on the subject matter. The first part of this compendium is the introduction which provides an outline of the entire work. Subsequently, Part II contains primary sources that offer definitions on radicalisation, terrorism and violent extremism, providing a base for understanding the peculiarities in definitions in the regions of concern for this… Read More Bobuin Jr Valery Gemandze ObenNovember 6, 2023
PublicationsResearchPolicing, Torture and State Violence, Violence in TransitionDisaster-Appropriate Policing in South Africa: Protests and State Violence in the COVID-19 EraMilitarisation refers to a process where societies (states, institutions, and citizens) prioritise, organise, prepare for and respond to threats or crises with military action or violence. This policy brief highlights how many countries across the world, including South Africa, adopted a militarised response to the COVID-19 pandemic. In South Africa, this militarised response has been noted by the deployment of… Read More Steven Rebello, Jesse Copelyn, Sinqobile Makhathini and Boikanyo MolotoAugust 19, 2021
ArticlesMediaTorture and State Violence, Violence in Transition, Violence PreventionSANDF Budget Cuts Threaten Hopes of SA Military Intervention in Mozambique's Cabo DelgadoThe key question is whether South Africa is well positioned to provide military assistance to Mozambique in light of these cuts, especially with the former expected to play a leading role in the intervention in Cabo Delgado province. Minister of Defence and Military Veterans Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula has announced that her department, particularly the South African National Defence Force (SANDF), is… Read More Siphokuhle MatheJune 22, 2021
PublicationsResearchEx-combatant Reintegration and Demilitarisation, Peacebuilding, Transitional Justice, Violence in TransitionReturning to One Another: Easing Engagement About Things That Matter (A Treasure Trove of Ideas and Exercises to Build Community and Hold Conversations That Matter)This paper contains a selection of the important substantive concepts and theoretical underpinnings of the Learning Series. The series was conceived out of the collaboration between the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR) and Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZHLR), which identified the need for human rights activists and lawyers to develop or deepen their facilitation skills… Read More CSVR and ZLHRApril 4, 2014
PublicationsResearchGender-based Violence, Violence in TransitionPolitical Transition and Sexual and Gender-Based Violence in South Africa, Kenya and ZimbabweThis article draws on research conducted in Kenya, South Africa, and Zimbabwe that focused on violence in the context of political transition. The paper examines the relation between political transition and sexual and gender-based violence in the three countries. The paper argues that it is critical to recognise sexual and gender-based violence as bound to systemic gendered inequality if such… Read More Kylie Thomas, Masheti Masinjila and Eunice BereDecember 9, 2013
PublicationsGender-based Violence, Violence in TransitionHomophobia, Injustice and 'Corrective Rape' in Post-Apartheid South AfricaThis report offers a critique of the terms ‘corrective rape’ and ‘curative rape’ and argues for careful and nuanced application of the concept of ‘hate crimes’. The report focuses on a particular, individual life history and experience of trauma. It also argues for understanding gender‐based violence as structural violence. Read More Kylie ThomasApril 10, 2013
