📢CSVR Announces New Executive Director

We are pleased to announce that Ms Teresa Yates will assume the role of Executive Director at the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR), effective 1 August 2026.

Welcome, Teresa! 🎉

Read here: csvr.org.za/csvr-announces…

The third cohort of the Capacity Strengthening Training on the African Union Transitional Justice Policy (AUTJP) is underway in Naivasha, Kenya!

The Horn of Africa Regional Program (HARP), in collaboration with @_IJR_ and @_CSVR, has convened the 3rd cohort of the African Union licy (AUTJP) Capacity-Strengthening Training in Naivasha, Kenya, from 28–30 October 2026.

The training has brought together diverse representatives of civil society and community-Based organisations from across the Horn of Africa and the Great Lakes region to further strengthen their understanding of the AUTJP and explore practical approaches to advancing transitional justice, reconciliation, and sustainable peace in their respective contexts.

For the first time, the training has also included persons with disabilities (PWDs), with Sign Language interpretation provided to support their meaningful participation. This marks an important step towards amplifying voices that are often underrepresented in transitional justice spaces and ensuring that diverse perspectives and lived experiences inform conversations on justice, reconciliation, and sustainable peace.
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Join NCPD and the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR) for a practical workshop exploring gender-responsive programming in the disability sector.

📅 15 October 2026
⏰ 09:00–12:00 SAST
💻 Online via Zoom

Register here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

Limited data r participants who need assistance.

#DisabilityRights #GenderEquality #DisabilityInclusion #NCPD @GenderLinks
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Dr. @Le_grin_grin (@_AfricanUnion – @IOMatAU Migration Ambassador for Central Africa and Advocacy Specialist at the @_CSVR) stressed that protecting migrants’ rights requires more than stating that migrants do not lose their rights when they cross a border.

It requires tect those #rights across jurisdictions. He highlighted challenges such as migrant workers losing access to social security contributions and savings after deportation, trafficking cases becoming difficult to address when jurisdictions and authorities fail to coordinate, and gaps in protection when migrants move between countries.

He called on #civilsociety to link legal aid providers across countries of origin, transit and destination, make greater use of binding legal instruments and human rights mechanisms, and pursue the regionalization of #justice through regional courts and institutions.

He also urged African states to protect their citizens beyond their own borders, including through stronger consular protection, so that migrants can receive protection and assistance wherever they are.

📍CSO Town Hall on Migration Governance in Africa

#Migration #MigrationGovernance #MigrationInAfrica #FreeMovement #Agenda2063 #LaborMigration #HumanRights

Australia is proud to partner with the @_CSVR and @JffJes to support victim-survivors across Gauteng to access justice and support services. Together, Australia and South Africa are working towards societies that are safer, more equal and free from violence. #endGBV

4th Southern Africa GBV Prevention Forum

Day 1 named the gaps. Day 2 asked who will close them. We looked at what it takes to turn commitments into action: resources, coordination and accountability

#EndGBV #GBVForum2026 #SouthernAfrica

We also looked at how GBV is changing, from femicide to tech-facilitated violence, and why responses must cross borders.

Prevention works when communities, youth, men and boys, and survivors lead.

Accountability is a practice, not a moment!

4th Southern Africa GBV Prevention Forum 🟣 Day 1 highlighted that we have the policies and commitments. What's missing is sustained, measurable action. 📋➡️Key gaps: justice and frontline services, barriers for women with disabilities.

#EndGBV #GBVPrevention #SouthernAfrica

Day 2 question: what will we do differently, who's responsible, what resources are needed, and how will we know it's working

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🟣The 4th Southern Africa Gender-Based Violence Prevention Forum is underway

JOIN THE DISCUSSIONS: teams.microsoft.com/meet/381325691…

#GBVPrevention #EndGBV #Femicide #SouthernAfrica #GBVForum2026

The Unseen Trauma of Families in Search of Healing and Justice

Our latest article looks at what happens to the families left behind after femicide: the guilt, the fractured relationships, the children who grow up carrying trauma they didn't cause.

🔗csvr.org.za/in-the-shadow-…

CSVR is deeply alarmed by the discovery of at least seven women's bodies in Gauteng over the past two months.

There is no place in South Africa where women are safe. Not the street, not the taxi, not home.

📢Read our full statement: csvr.org.za/gauteng-femici…

📢 Call for Applications

Are you a civil society or community-based organisation working on peacebuilding, transitional justice, reconciliation, human rights or governance?

@LPI_voices , together with @_CSVR and @_IJR_ , invites applications for the third cohort of the Capacity on the African Union Transitional Justice Policy (AUTJP).

📍 Naivasha, Kenya | 📅 27–29 October 2026
🌍 For applicants from 9 countries across the Horn of Africa & Great Lakes
💰 All participation costs covered by LPI
⏰ Deadline: 30 August 2026

👉 Read the full Call for Applications here: life-peace.org/work-with-us/c…

🎥Localising the African Union Transitional Justice Policy

Real change starts when policy meets people. Our project with @ImpunityWatch set out to close the gap between transitional justice policymakers and the communities they serve.

Watch here: youtu.be/oE6kHzV8SBI?si…

📢 New report: "Justice Denied, Silence Maintained" amplifies women survivors' voices as they navigate South Africa's justice system — exposing institutional failures, secondary victimisation & the gap between policy and lived reality.

📖 Read Here: csvr.org.za/justice-denied…

🌍The African Union Transitional Justice Reference Group is gathering in Nairobi, Kenya (22–23 July 2026) for a strategic retreat hosted by the African Union Department of Political Affairs, Peace and Security (DPAPS) and CSVR as part of the #ITJA Consortium funded by the EU🇪🇺

This Reference Group of 14 continental experts has spent two years turning that framework into action: advising Member States, producing critical research, and providing technical support on the ground.

This retreat marks a pivotal moment, reflecting on progress, consolidating lessons learned, and setting the agenda for the Reference Group's third and final year of tenure (2024–2027) and beyond. #TransitionalJustice #PeaceAndSecurity

Attitudes shape reality. Share yours. Take the National Perception Survey on migrant women in South Africa - your perspective could help build better policies: surveymonkey.com/r/csvrpercepti…