Forthcoming! Release date: 1 March 2025

Excited about the impressive courses we've lined up for next year - from masterclasses to workshops. More courses will be opened soon. Every year, Lolwe Academy moves closer to its vision, and we're grateful to everyone who makes this possible. academy.lolwe.org

📢Great job opportunity for doing #OSINT work on #Ukraine and supporting the important work done by Mnemonic on documenting war crimes and human rights violations mnemonic.org/en/about/jobs/…

NEW REPORT: (African Union Political Affairs Peace and Security) and CSVR hosted the 8th TJ forum under the theme: "Educate an African Fit for the 21st Century: Building Resilient Education Systems for Inclusive, Lifelong, Quality Learning," Access the report here: shorturl.at/WTcPF

🇿🇦 "South Africa is confiscating land!" claims US president Donald Trump. But what does #SouthAfrica’s Expropriation Act actually allow? We separate fact from fiction in our latest explainer. africacheck.info/explainer_land…

Hey #Criminology Still time to apply for this position. We're a wonderful team and are looking for a wonderful colleague to join us Position is R/T, full time, permanent, and open to people doing research in any area of criminology or #CriminalJustice jobs.ac.uk/job/DME829/ass…

West Papua’s Indigenous people have called for a boycott of KitKat, Smarties and Aero chocolate, Oreo biscuits and Ritz crackers, and the cosmetics brands Pantene and Herbal Essences, over alleged ecocide in their territory. theguardian.com/world/2025/mar…

World-renowned London-based piano virtuoso, Rebeca Omordia, cannot wait to tour South Africa to promote her richly diverse African Pianism album next month. brnw.ch/21wSfAc

Incredible lineup for the "Race, Refuge & Repair" colloquium organised by Dr. Nicola Palmer & colleagues Criminology UCT & Refugee Rights Unit. Speakers from 14 countries discussing Palestine, Rwanda, South Africa, Egypt, Nigeria, Bangladesh. Register here: law.ox.ac.uk/content/event/…

Today, we begin the 7th annual African Regional Indaba on the #BindingTreaty on business and human Rights with Lawyers for Human Rights and Alternative Information and Development Centre. The Indaba brings together representatives from communities, civil society and African states. #TreatyIndaba2025 #BizHumanRights

🆕Special Issue Criminology in Post-Violence Transitions Includes #TransitionalJustice #HumanRights #activism #IndigenousJustice #SettlerColonialism #memory #trauma #forensics #GenderBasedViolence #ViolentExtremism #SexualViolence #ReproductiveViolence crimejusticejournal.com/issue/view/144

🚨New pub! Through participant observation and interviews, I examine how, even in the face of repression, Indigenous Maya Q’eqchi communities in Guatemala utilize collective memory as a vital tool in their resistance against extractivism. 🔓Open Access crimejusticejournal.com/article/view/3…

A reminder of tomorrow's online discussion of Marc Sommers' new book We the Young Fighters: Pop Culture, Terror, and War in Sierra Leone. The discussant is Ibrahim Bangura. 5pm UK time. Registration through the Eventbrite link below. CCRJ SOAS Politics Centre of African Studies Royal African Society

🆕In latest special issue: Gambia’s Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission (TRRC) - effective #TransitionalJustice requires grassroots #activism, victim-centered approaches, and community-led initiatives beyond formal commissions doi.org/10.5204/ijcjsd…

🆕In latest issue: Natalia Maystorovich Chulio delves into forensic exhumations as a tool for transitional justice, typically used in legal proceedings to assign responsibility for civilian atrocities #TransitionalJustice #exhumations doi.org/10.5204/ijcjsd…

🆕In latest issue: Robyn Gill-Leslie discusses how #forensic information in truth recovery processes surfaces local understandings of time, space, and place #SouhAfrica #TransitionalJustice doi.org/10.5204/ijcjsd…

UCT's Department of Public Law is recruiting to fill several positions in a variety of subject areas. The deadline to apply is 28 July. Please share with anyone who might be interested.

What has happened to post-TRC prosecutions in South Africa? I discuss this in my #openacess article for a Special issue of IJHR - Critical perspectives in Transitional Justice: doi.org/10.1080/136429… - special thanks to eds Caitlin Mollica @CaitlinBiddolph

Hello Durban! Sihle Ntuli is launching his poetry collection. Let's give him all the support possible. Halala Mphemba!