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Peace versus justice? Truth and Reconciliation Commissions and War Crimes Tribunals in Africa
Centre for Conflict Resolution, University of Cape Town (UCT), 2007The development of peacebuilding initiatives in Africa in the last decade is reflected in the proliferation of numerous models of transitional justice. Recent experiments on the continent range from judicial to non-judicial approaches, including United Nations (UN) tribunals, “hybrid” criminal courts, domestic trials, and truthand reconciliation commissions (TRCs).DocumentChildren and armed conflicts in Africa: seminar report
Centre for Conflict Resolution, University of Cape Town (UCT), 2007In order to achieve effective protection of war-affected children in Africa, a broad range of institutions and mechanisms exist which have the potential to advocate, report on, and monitor the rights of children caught up in violent conflict.DocumentSouthern Africa: building an effective security and governance architecture for the 21st century
Centre for Conflict Resolution, University of Cape Town (UCT), 2008In the last two decades, southern African countries have made great strides in achieving more democraticmodes of governance.DocumentPreventing genocide and the responsibility to protect: challenges for the UN, Africa, and the international community: seminar report
Centre for Conflict Resolution, University of Cape Town (UCT), 2007Over the past two decades, there has been increasing acceptance – in policy and academic circles and within the United Nations (UN) itself – of the protection responsibilities of governments towards their citizens.DocumentEurAfrique? Africa and Europe in a new century: seminar report
Centre for Conflict Resolution, University of Cape Town (UCT), 2008This report examines the relationship between Africa and Europe in the 21st Century, and investigates whether this relationship is one of habit or is of real strategic importance to both parties.DocumentSecurity and development in Southern Africa
Centre for Conflict Resolution, University of Cape Town (UCT), 2008Several southern African states have been involved in UN peacekeeping operations, while two sub-regional interventions were launched in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Lesotho in 1998.DocumentHIV/AIDS and Militaries in Africa: seminar report
Centre for Conflict Resolution, University of Cape Town (UCT), 2009The scale of Africa’s HIV/AIDS epidemic means that large percentages of military populations are, or will be, infected by HIV. The litany of potential consequences ensuing from HIV/AIDS illnesses and deaths have included: a heavy toll on decision-making command structures; rising costs in re-training highly-skilled personnel; and delayed deployment to international peace operations.DocumentDid the global financial crisis and recession contribute to the uprisings in North Africa?
Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2011The uprisings in North Africa in 2011 has induced many analysts to suggest a host of factors as the root cause of the turmoil. This paper asks: did the global financial crisis of 2007-2009 affect economic growth in the North African countries, and thus contributed indirectly to the uprising?DocumentCrouching tiger, hidden dragon? China and Africa: engaging the world's next superpower
Centre for Conflict Resolution, University of Cape Town (UCT), 2007Chinese trade and assistance to Africa resumed markedly at the end of the Cold War and has grown exponentially since. China’s pragmatic policy focus on economic issues in Africa has been met with rising concern by other powers, notably the United States and European countries such as France, which have had to reassess their relations with the continent as a result.DocumentWomen in post-conflict societies in Africa
Centre for Conflict Resolution, University of Cape Town (UCT), 2006By proclaiming a range of civil and political rights, the 2003 Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa (the Women’s Protocol) allows women living in societies emerging from conflict to engage as equal partners in activities such as political participation; access to, and management of, land and inherited properties; and proPages
