Author: Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR) / Topic: Transitional Justice

Author:: Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR)
Publication Date:: 01-2025
Content Type:: Policy Brief
Institution:: Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR)
Abstract:: After 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, reparations or other formal mechanisms usually associated with dealing with the past, different types of measures have emerged in the country that are precursors to – or even themselves forms of – transitional justice. Drawing lessons from formal, state-led measures like the National Reconciliation Framework and non-formal, civil society-led measures like the Peace and Development Forum, this policy brief provides actionable guidance for the Ministry of Interior, Federal Affairs and Reconciliation and the Interior Ministries of federal member states on how to enable popular participation for a locally relevant and sustainable national transitional justice process.
Topic:: Government, Transitional Justice, Reconciliation, and Political Participation
Political Geography:: Africa and Somalia

Author:: Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR)
Publication Date:: 03-2022
Content Type:: Policy Brief
Institution:: Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR)
Abstract:: Including youth in the design and implementation of transitional justice is now being recognized as a key priority that has been long neglected. Such inclusion and participation would strengthen the value of transitional justice initiatives for society and make them more responsive to youth priorities and perspectives. This policy brief draws on the voices of youth in four African countries to guide the debate about how youth can be involved in transitional justice policy development and provide recommendations on taking this forward.
Topic:: Transitional Justice, Youth, Violence, Participation, and Inclusion
Political Geography:: Africa

Author:: Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR)
Publication Date:: 04-2022
Content Type:: Special Report
Institution:: Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR)
Abstract:: This report details the shared challenges and opportunities Lesotho, Namibia, Mozambique, Mauritius, Seychelles and Zimbabwe face with respect to how they have approached, and continue to approach, transitional justice processes.
Topic:: Transitional Justice, Violence, Reconciliation, and Peacebuilding
Political Geography:: Africa, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Mauritius, Seychelles, and Lesotho

Author:: Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR)
Publication Date:: 04-2013
Content Type:: Working Paper
Institution:: Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR)
Abstract:: This report reflects on the experience of four South-based organisations in conducting collaborative research on violence and transition in Africa. It explores some of the challenges and opportunities offered by working collaboratively on common themes across different contexts with research partners with diverse goals and institutional arrangements, and seeks to draw some lessons for how such partnerships can benefit individual organisations and research on violence more generally. The report is based on the final project meeting where partners engaged in a joint reflection on more than three years of collaboration.
Topic:: Partnerships, Transitional Justice, Violence, and Collaboration
Political Geography:: Africa and South Africa

Author:: Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR)
Publication Date:: 01-2012
Content Type:: Special Report
Institution:: Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR)
Abstract:: This report is a reflection of a two-day expert consultation on Transitional Justice with African Union Member States organised by the Department of Political Affairs of the African Union Commission (AUC) in collaboration with the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR), which took place from 12–13 September 2011 in Cape Town, South Africa. The aim of the consultation was to develop a clear and more coherent understanding of contemporary applications of transitional justice in Africa in light of the ongoing processes towards the development of an African policy framework on transitional justice.
Topic:: Transitional Justice, Violence, Reconciliation, and African Union
Political Geography:: Africa and South Africa

Author:: Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR)
Publication Date:: 03-2010
Content Type:: Working Paper
Institution:: Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR)
Abstract:: 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 contexts. It also looked at the effect that political deals such as governments of national unity have on the possibility for effective justice post-conflict.
Topic:: Transitional Justice, Violence, and Truth and Reconciliation
Political Geography:: Africa and South Africa

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