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Hugo Van Der Merwe

Hugo Van Der Merwe
Acting Executive Director for the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation
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Ph.D, Conflict Analysis and Resolution, George Mason University, 1999
B.Sc., Statistics and Sociology, University of Cape Town

Biography

Hugo van der Merwe is the Head of Research at the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation in South Africa. Hugo received his doctorate in Conflict Analysis and Resolution from George Mason University (1999) and a BSc from the University of Cape Town (majoring in Statistics and Sociology). He has developed and managed numerous research projects evaluating the work and impact of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) and managed various research, advocacy and intervention projects relating to transitional justice in South Africa and the African continent.



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February 2009
In Assessing the Impact of Transitional Justice, fourteen leading researchers study seventy countries that have suffered from autocratic rule, genocide, and protracted internal conflict.
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2008
As nations throughout the world emerge from periods of human rights abuses, systematic oppression, and collective violence, truth commissions have become indispensable to political transition. Such commissions are established as temporary bodies to investigate...
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June 01, 1999
The central thesis of this dissertation is that reconciliation is a process that is subject to competing agendas, and that this contentiousness has implications for the legitimacy of community reconciliation initiatives. Rather than treating reconciliation as a...
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August 01, 1993
Designed for postgraduates or researchers who wish to understand the integration of theory and practice in conflict resolution, this volume contains a series of essays which aims to help readers understand and deal with the major problems of violent conflict at...
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The Evolution of Transitional Justice – Insights for/from Conflict ResolutionThursday, February 12th10:30am - 12:00pmMetropolitan Building 5183Transitional Justice has emerged dramatically in the last 30 years as a field of inter-disciplinary practice. It is however understood mainly in terms
February 12, 2015
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