Building blocks for regional cooperation on Transitional Justice
This policy brief is a report on the expert workshop on AU-EU cooperation on transitional justice which was organised in October 2021 by Egmont – The Royal Institute for […]
Other African regions
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Justifying Interventions— The Case of ECOWAS in Liberia
Two decades into the new millennium it is clear that ‘benign’ interventions with the aim to stabilize conflict-ridden or troubled states are here to stay. The UN, as the world’s […]
Review of ‘The President on Trial: Prosecuting Hissène Habré’
Over recent years, hybrid courts have experienced a renaissance of sorts. After their initial popularity in the early 2000s, when hybrid courts were touted as a promising midway between distant […]
Developments in the Field of Transitional Justice
For a long time, transitional justice has been described as a ‘nascent’ or ‘emerging’ field. While it is true that transitional justice is a youngish concept and praxis (emerging in […]
Decolonising human rights protection in Africa: impunity rhetorically repackaged?
Pointing out the need to decolonise human rights protection in Africa, authorities at the level of the African Union (AU) and its member states have initiated a number of institutional […]
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No peace under the Shea tree – Climate change & conflicts in the Sahel: Debunking the myths
In-depth research into the alleged nexus betweenclim ate and security has found that claims of adirect correlation between the two cannot besubstantiated.It is incapable, unwilling orpredatory state institutions instead thatcontribute […]