Hugo Van Der Merwe
Biographic Data
| ID | 3671035 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Hugo Van Der Merwe |
| GIVEN NAMES | Hugo |
| FAMILY NAME | Van Der Merwe |
| SIGNATURE | VAN DER MERWE H |
| AFFILIATIONS | Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 30 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Remedy and Accountability a Decade after the Marikana Massacre
August 16th, 2022 marked the 10th anniversary of the Marikana Massacre in Rustenburg, South Africa. This was the worst incident of mass killing by police since the Sharpeville Massacre in 1960 in the heyday of the Apartheid regime. In the first days of August 2012, workers at Lonmin plc, a platinum group metals mining company, went on a wildcat strike demanding a minimum salary of 12500 Rand, circa 800 USD, per month and protesting against the po…
Transitional Justice and Corporate Accountability: Introducing New Players and New Theoretical Challenges
Corporate accountability for complicity in past and ongoing gross violations of human rights and economic crimes is a rapidly growing area of interest in the transitional justice field. Addressing such violations and their role in fueling conflict and repression is now recognized as a key component of societies’ efforts to come to terms with the past, and, perhaps even more importantly, creating the conditions for non-recurrence of violent confli…
Racism and Transitional Justice
We write this Editorial at a time when millions around the globe have been, and continue to demonstrate, under the rallying cry of Black Lives Matter. Despite the historic critique of the excesses of anti-black police violence in the US1 (and similar racist assaults in other supposedly liberal democracies2) these abuses were viewed as exceptions to a functional democratic process and legitimate social order. They have however become so blatant, f…
Forging a Resilient Social Contract in South Africa: States and Societies Sustaining Peace in the Post-Apartheid Era
Since the advent of democracy in the 1990s, the South African political settlement has ushered into policy a progressive framework for the realization of socio-economic rights, enshrined by the Constitution. However, this political settlement has failed to translate into an economic and social settlement that results in just livelihood strategies and equitable service delivery that addresses historical grievances. Inadequate implementation of soc…
South Africa’s Community Work Programme: Local Peacebuilding Innovation Within a National Developmental Architecture
This article examines South Africa’s Community Work Programme (CWP) as a case study of an attempt to address two key dilemmas facing peacebuilding theory and practise: (a) balancing the need to address immediate and long-term causes of conflict and violence and (b) balancing the need for a large-scale systematic approach whilst creating space for local ownership and agency. Drawing on in-depth case studies of six CWP community interventions, it d…
Critical Reflexivity and Transitional Justice Praxis: Solidarity, Accompaniment and Intermediarity
Idealists, Opportunists and Activists: Who Drives Transitional Justice
Between transitional justice and politics: Reparations in South Africa
Reparations are a major component of transitional justice in the aftermath of widespread abuse. However, the implementation of reparations programmes often follows the logic of transitional politics, where short-term political interests trump victims’ rights. Using the South African case as a cautionary tale, this article shows that reparations are susceptible to political instrumentalisation and evaluates the role of international redress norms …
Exploring/Expanding the Reach of Transitional Justice
Strict justice may well be impossible in any case of gross violence or systemic degradation, yet the question of how best to conceive the measure of justice remains.1 The practice of justice for every society can only emerge through an indigenous process of trial and error, whereby norms and institutions are built, gradually over time, in a process that combines lessons learned from bad experiences as well as benefits gained from good ones. What …
Transitional Justice Processes as Teachable Moments
Les réparations en Afrique australe
Cette étude vient compléter une littérature toujours plus importante sur les réparations aux victimes de violations des droits de l’homme dans le contexte d’une transition politique. Nous examinerons comment l’Afrique du Sud, le Malawi, le Zimbabwe, la Namibie et le Mozambique ont élaboré des programmes officiels et non judiciaires de réparations aux victimes/survivants de violations des droits de l’homme. Les recherches empiriques, regroupées av…
Non‐governmental organisations and the truth and reconciliation commission: An Impact Assessment
This article examines the relationship between Non‐Governmental Organisations (NGOs) and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC). Based mainly on interviews with NGO and TRC staff, the article outlines the various ways that NGOs participated in the development of the TRC legislation and engaged with TRC structures. The shape of this engagement was very uneven depending on the stage of the TRC process: the strongest input came at the point o…
Forging a Resilient Social Contract in South Africa: States and Societies Sustaining Peace in the Post-Apartheid Era
Since the advent of democracy in the 1990s, the South African political settlement has ushered into policy a progressive framework for the realization of socio-economic rights, enshrined by the Constitution. However, this political settlement has failed to translate into an economic and social settlement that results in just livelihood strategies and equitable service delivery that addresses historical grievances. Inadequate implementation of soc…
Non‐governmental organisations and the truth and reconciliation commission: An Impact Assessment
This article examines the relationship between Non‐Governmental Organisations (NGOs) and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC). Based mainly on interviews with NGO and TRC staff, the article outlines the various ways that NGOs participated in the development of the TRC legislation and engaged with TRC structures. The shape of this engagement was very uneven depending on the stage of the TRC process: the strongest input came at the point o…
Critical Reflexivity and Transitional Justice Praxis: Solidarity, Accompaniment and Intermediarity
Idealists, Opportunists and Activists: Who Drives Transitional Justice
Racism and Transitional Justice
We write this Editorial at a time when millions around the globe have been, and continue to demonstrate, under the rallying cry of Black Lives Matter. Despite the historic critique of the excesses of anti-black police violence in the US1 (and similar racist assaults in other supposedly liberal democracies2) these abuses were viewed as exceptions to a functional democratic process and legitimate social order. They have however become so blatant, f…
Les réparations en Afrique australe
Cette étude vient compléter une littérature toujours plus importante sur les réparations aux victimes de violations des droits de l’homme dans le contexte d’une transition politique. Nous examinerons comment l’Afrique du Sud, le Malawi, le Zimbabwe, la Namibie et le Mozambique ont élaboré des programmes officiels et non judiciaires de réparations aux victimes/survivants de violations des droits de l’homme. Les recherches empiriques, regroupées av…
Exploring/Expanding the Reach of Transitional Justice
Strict justice may well be impossible in any case of gross violence or systemic degradation, yet the question of how best to conceive the measure of justice remains.1 The practice of justice for every society can only emerge through an indigenous process of trial and error, whereby norms and institutions are built, gradually over time, in a process that combines lessons learned from bad experiences as well as benefits gained from good ones. What …
Transitional Justice Processes as Teachable Moments
Non‐governmental organisations and the truth and reconciliation commission: An Impact Assessment
This article examines the relationship between Non‐Governmental Organisations (NGOs) and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC). Based mainly on interviews with NGO and TRC staff, the article outlines the various ways that NGOs participated in the development of the TRC legislation and engaged with TRC structures. The shape of this engagement was very uneven depending on the stage of the TRC process: the strongest input came at the point o…
Les réparations en Afrique australe
Cette étude vient compléter une littérature toujours plus importante sur les réparations aux victimes de violations des droits de l’homme dans le contexte d’une transition politique. Nous examinerons comment l’Afrique du Sud, le Malawi, le Zimbabwe, la Namibie et le Mozambique ont élaboré des programmes officiels et non judiciaires de réparations aux victimes/survivants de violations des droits de l’homme. Les recherches empiriques, regroupées av…
Transitional Justice Processes as Teachable Moments
Exploring/Expanding the Reach of Transitional Justice
Strict justice may well be impossible in any case of gross violence or systemic degradation, yet the question of how best to conceive the measure of justice remains.1 The practice of justice for every society can only emerge through an indigenous process of trial and error, whereby norms and institutions are built, gradually over time, in a process that combines lessons learned from bad experiences as well as benefits gained from good ones. What …
Idealists, Opportunists and Activists: Who Drives Transitional Justice
Between transitional justice and politics: Reparations in South Africa
Reparations are a major component of transitional justice in the aftermath of widespread abuse. However, the implementation of reparations programmes often follows the logic of transitional politics, where short-term political interests trump victims’ rights. Using the South African case as a cautionary tale, this article shows that reparations are susceptible to political instrumentalisation and evaluates the role of international redress norms …
South Africa’s Community Work Programme: Local Peacebuilding Innovation Within a National Developmental Architecture
This article examines South Africa’s Community Work Programme (CWP) as a case study of an attempt to address two key dilemmas facing peacebuilding theory and practise: (a) balancing the need to address immediate and long-term causes of conflict and violence and (b) balancing the need for a large-scale systematic approach whilst creating space for local ownership and agency. Drawing on in-depth case studies of six CWP community interventions, it d…
Critical Reflexivity and Transitional Justice Praxis: Solidarity, Accompaniment and Intermediarity
Racism and Transitional Justice
We write this Editorial at a time when millions around the globe have been, and continue to demonstrate, under the rallying cry of Black Lives Matter. Despite the historic critique of the excesses of anti-black police violence in the US1 (and similar racist assaults in other supposedly liberal democracies2) these abuses were viewed as exceptions to a functional democratic process and legitimate social order. They have however become so blatant, f…
Forging a Resilient Social Contract in South Africa: States and Societies Sustaining Peace in the Post-Apartheid Era
Since the advent of democracy in the 1990s, the South African political settlement has ushered into policy a progressive framework for the realization of socio-economic rights, enshrined by the Constitution. However, this political settlement has failed to translate into an economic and social settlement that results in just livelihood strategies and equitable service delivery that addresses historical grievances. Inadequate implementation of soc…
Transitional Justice and Corporate Accountability: Introducing New Players and New Theoretical Challenges
Corporate accountability for complicity in past and ongoing gross violations of human rights and economic crimes is a rapidly growing area of interest in the transitional justice field. Addressing such violations and their role in fueling conflict and repression is now recognized as a key component of societies’ efforts to come to terms with the past, and, perhaps even more importantly, creating the conditions for non-recurrence of violent confli…
Remedy and Accountability a Decade after the Marikana Massacre
August 16th, 2022 marked the 10th anniversary of the Marikana Massacre in Rustenburg, South Africa. This was the worst incident of mass killing by police since the Sharpeville Massacre in 1960 in the heyday of the Apartheid regime. In the first days of August 2012, workers at Lonmin plc, a platinum group metals mining company, went on a wildcat strike demanding a minimum salary of 12500 Rand, circa 800 USD, per month and protesting against the po…
Political science (11 works) · Sociology (10 works) · Law (8 works) · Politics (7 works) · Economic Justice (6 works) · Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics (6 works) · Transitional justice (6 works) · Human rights (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Peacebuilding and International Security (4 works)