South Africa's international relations in light of it's recent foreign policies

South Africa’s international relations in light of it’s recent foreign policies

Could South Africa's choice to support Palestine through the ICJ also risk its Western foreign relationships?

South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission has been used as a blueprint for many other transitional justice programs in Africa and globally.

The country’s recent foreign policy choices do reveal that the work of transitional justice does not happen in isolation but within the constraints of international relations.

Could South Africa’s choice to support Palestine through the ICJ also risk its Western foreign relationships?

Find out about this and more during the Carnegie Institute’s hybrid webinar on the 19th of March, 2024.

Policy Brief, Publications

Gender Apartheid and the Crimes against Humanity Convention Negotiations: Solidarity, History and the Politics of Naming
Negotiations toward a new Crimes Against Humanity Convention have renewed debate about how international law should address systemic gender-based oppression.
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Policy Brief, Publications

Managing Memory or Confronting the Past? A Response to South Africa’s Draft National Policy Framework for Heritage Memorialisation
The South African government has released a Draft National Policy Framework for Heritage Memorialisation intended to guide how heritage and memory practices are governed nationally.
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Publications, Report

The Afterlife of Truth: Confronting impunity, truth recovery, & the unfinished work of justice across Africa and the global south
Hosted by the University of Cape Town, the Foundation for Human Rights and the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation in partnership with the African Transitional Justice Research Coalition (ATJRC)
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Whose heritage is it anyway?

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In May 2025, the South African Department of Sports, Arts and Culture released the Draft National Policy Framework for Heritage Memorialisation for public comment. The Draft Policy Framework presents heritage as a tool of fostering nation-building, social cohesion and national development. It presents National Legacy Projects as an instrument for transforming South Africa's heritage landscape.

In Conversation with Sesetu Holomisa

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Nearly three decades after the end of apartheid, many families are still waiting for answers. In this episode of our In Conversation series, we sit down with Sesetu Holomisa, Project Officer at the Foundation for Human Rights, to discuss the ongoing struggle for truth and justice.