Meeting of the Gendered Violence Hub July 2025
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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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.
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Whose heritage is it anyway?
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
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.
