Negotiations toward a new Crimes Against Humanity Convention have renewed debate about how international law should address systemic gender-based oppression.
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.
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)
Over two days, participants from across the continent and beyond considered how to sustain and/or re-strategise the pursuit of justice in an era of democratic backsliding, authoritarian consolidation, historical denialism, contested and shrinking civic space, and new forms of political violence.
In July 2025, the African Transitional Justice Research Coalition, in collaboration with the ALN, Academy, hosted its first Gendered Violence Hub meeting in Nairobi, Kenya. This report synthesises discussions from the Hub’s discussions over African responses to gendered violence amid deepening crises of justice and accountability. Across sessions, participants reflected on the urgency of reimagining justice through African feminist and survivor-centered approaches.
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