Advocating Justice: Civil Society and Transitional Justice in Africa

by Jasmina Brankovic April 17, 2017

Conducting Participatory Action Research with Apartheid Survivors: Lessons from 'Addressing Socioeconomic Drivers of Violence in Khulumani Communities'

In 2015–2016, the apartheid survivors’ organisation Khulumani Support Group in the Western Cape (KSGWC) and its partner the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR) set out to explore new ways for a ...

by CSVR March 10, 2017

#Hashtag: An Analysis of the #FeesMustFall Movement at South African Universities

This study explores the dynamics of students’ protests in South Africa order to understand the manifestations of violence and the sequence of events within each university during #FeesMustFall. It provides analyses of the #FeesMustFall protests ...

by Jasmina Brankovic May 6, 2016

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Integrating Learning, Monitoring and Evaluation into Policy-Oriented Research: Lessons from CSVR's Urban Violence Project

In line with its commitment to incorporating learning into its monitoring and evaluation practices, in 2013 CSVR introduced developmental evaluation based on facilitated learning exercises into one of its research projects. The Urban Violence project ...

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Race-ing Xenophobic Violence: Engaging Social Representations of the Black African Body in Postapartheid South Africa

Intra-African migration to South Africa continues to be plagued by xenophobic violence and negative sentiments against black foreign bodies. The end of apartheid, exacerbated by regional and broader economic and political tensions on the continent, ...

by CSVR February 28, 2015

Policy , Publications , Research

Practitioner Perspectives on Transitional Justice: Tunisia

CSVR shares practitioners’ perspectives on transitional justice efforts in their local contexts and civil society’s role in shaping transitions. This brief presents reflections on the Tunisian experience offered by Amine Ghali, programme director of Al ...

by Jasmina Brankovic and Hugo van der Merwe July 1, 2014

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Transitional Justice in Post-Conflict Societies: Conceptual Foundations and Debates

Part of a publication that outlines transitional justice in the context of the current Bangsamoro peace process in the Philippines, this chapter provides a brief overview of the conceptual evolution of transitional justice. It then ...