Advocating Transitional Justice in Africa

Jasmina Brankovic is a Senior Researcher with the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation and the Associate Editor of the International Journal of Transitional Justice. She conducts research on comparative transitional justice, civil society and victims’ groups, and the intersection of transitional justice and social transformation. Her publications include The Global Climate Regime and Transitional Justice (2018).Hugo van der Merwe is Director of Research, Knowledge and Learning at the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation. Since joining CSVR in 1997, he has developed and managed numerous research advocacy and intervention projects relating to transitional justice, reconciliation and peacebuilding in South Africa and the African continent. Hugo is the Co-Editor in Chief of the International Journal of Transitional Justice (Oxford University Press). His publications include Assessing the Impact of Transitional Justice (2009), Truthand Reconciliation in South Africa: Did the TRC Deliver? (2008) and Conflict Resolution Theory and Practice (1993). Hugo received his doctorate in Conflict Analysis and Resolution from George Mason University (1999).

• Foreword. The Long Arc of Transitional Justice.- Editors’ Preface.-Introduction. The Role of Civil Society in African Transitional Justice: Comparing Theory and Practice.- Chapter 1. Locating Civil Society in Kenya’s Transitional Justice Agenda: A Reflection on the Experience of the Kenya Transitional Justice Network.- Chapter 2. Transitional Justice in Liberia: The Interface between Civil Society and the Liberian Truth and Reconciliation Commission.- Chapter 3. Taking Transitional Justice to the People: Challenges for Civil Society in Zimbabwe.- Chapter 4. Persistent Injuries, the Law and Politics: The South African Victims’ Support Group Khulumani and Its Struggle for Redress.- Chapter 5. Cooperation and Conflict: Civil Society Resistance and Engagement with Transitional Justice in Burundi.- Chapter 6. Madly Off in All Directions: Civil Society and the Use of Customary Justice as Transitional Justice in Uganda.- Chapter 7. Civil Society Engagement with Communities: Tradition, Authority and Transitional Justice in Rural African Communities.- Chapter 8. Navigating the Storm: Civil Society and Ambiguous Transitions in Egypt, Libya and Tunisia.- Conclusion. The Role of Civil Society in Shaping Transitional Justice in Africa.