CMI authors:
Ivar Kolstad
Thematic research group:
Rights, Democracy and Development
Poverty Reduction
Ivar Kolstad (2009)
Avfallskonferansen, Grieghallen, Bergen 10. juni 2009
Detained in solitary confinement, tortured, exiled and eventually blown up by a car bomb. From an early age Albie Sachs played a prominent part in the struggle for justice in South Africa. Later in life he helped draft South Africa's post-apartheid Constitution, and served as a member of the Constitutional Court for fifteen years. Sachs talks to host Siri Gloppen about his life and role as a judge in the formative years of post-apartheid South Africa.
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Once a vibrant and dynamic society, Zimbabwe has since the turn of the millennium gone through a complex multilayered and pervasive series of catastrophes. Political instability, lawlessness, misgovernment and a relentless economic meltdown has transformed this leading southern African nation into an international pariah.
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Legal norms and institutions impact on how people are able to live their lives in many different and often unintended and unexpected ways. Read more
This project has two aims: (i) to develop an analytical framework useful for policy assessments of the impact of various transitional justice mechanisms on violence reduction and peacebuilding more generally, and (ii) through applying this theoretical framework to four case studies (Chile, Peru, Rwanda and Angola) assess how different approaches to transitional justice - including the absence of such mechanisms - have affected peacebuilding in the aftermath of violent conflict. Read more
This is the first video from the panel session on Sudan Mai 12 2010.
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