| 27 November 2014 |
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TALKING POINT
Thabo Mbeki's quietly destructive policy on Zimbabwe
by Liesl Louw-Vaudran |
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A Freedom House report describes South Africa's impact on human rights and democracy in Africa as 'minimal.'
It was the skeleton in the cupboard that successive South African leaders desperately tried to keep locked up. Former presidents Thabo Mbeki, Kgalema Motlanthe and President Jacob Zuma all fought tooth and nail to prevent the release of the Khampepe report on the 2002 elections in Zimbabwe, drawn up by Constitutional Court judges Dikgang Moseneke and Sisi Khampepe.
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| ISS Spotlight |
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| Partnering with the ICC to promote international criminal justice |
The ISS and Office of the President of the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute collaborated to promote domestic justice for international crimes.
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| Press Release |
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| South Africa's record since 1994 provides lessons for global nuclear disarmament |
Twenty-one years since dismantling its nuclear weapons programme, SA's progressive disarmament policies still shape global nuclear disarmament.
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| ISS Today |
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Is the Force Intervention Brigade neutral?
by Peter Fabricius |
Whether the FIB in the eastern DRC is neutral is a growing question. But it can and must demonstrate its impartiality.
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The increasing burden of crime on business in South Africa
by Johan Burger and Lizette Lancaster |
From armed robberies at malls to cable theft, recent increases in crime are having a significant impact on business.
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Why Project Coast still matters
by Chandre Goud, Verne Harris, Kathryn Smith and Brian Rappert |
The horrors of the apartheid state's chemical and biological warfare programme must not be forgotten. Here's why.
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The missing voice of Kenya's civil society
by Hawa Noor |
Kenya continues to experience human rights abuses, impunity and a lack of transparency and accountability. So why has civil society gone quiet?
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| Events |
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Containing the risk: election prospects in six West African countries
28 November 2014 |
This seminar will discuss the risks facing 2015 elections in Nigeria, Togo, Benin, Ivory Coast, Guinea and Burkina Faso.
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Salim: wise man, freedom fighter and defender of peace and justice
2 December 2014 |
The ISS, AU Commission and partners celebrate the life and leadership of Salim Ahmed Salim, an African statesman who exemplifies ethical and visionary leadership.
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Kenya's foreign policy and role in regional geopolitics
9 December 2014 |
After becoming president, Kenyatta's first official trips outside Africa were to Russia and China. Does this signify a shift in foreign policy?
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Victim participation at the national level: prospects for complementarity
10 December 2014 |
This side event at the ICC's Assembly of States Parties discusses how to give effect to the principle of victims' participatory rights in national courts.
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Universalising international criminal justice: latest perspectives from Africa
12 December 2014 |
This side event at the ICC's Assembly of States Parties focuses on enabling states to deal with grave crimes at the national level.
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| Where is open democracy in South Africa today? |
This seminar considered several questions relating to freedom of information in South Africa.
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| Publications |
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Complementarity and cooperation in international criminal justice
by Dire Tladi |
The international criminal justice system lacks a sufficient legal framework to facilitate domestic prosecution, including a well-developed interstate cooperation system.
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Implications of the African Union's immunity for African leaders
by Max du Plessis |
Granting immunity from prosecution to heads of state and other senior officials in Africa is short sighted, and at odds with the AU's Constitutive Act.
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Counting the covert: Using data to understand corruption in South Africa
by David Bruce |
There is no standardised way of classifying corruption in South Africa, which complicates the interpretation of available information. The monograph puts forward a more clearly defined system.
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| Rapport sur le Conseil de paix et de sécurité 64 |
En octobre, le Conseil de paix et de sécurité de l'UA a discuté de l'épidémie d'Ebola, des élections sur le continent, des racines de la fragilité étatique ainsi que de la crise au Burkina Faso.
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| Multimedia |
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| Decoding African conflict trends |
Using past and current conflict trends, we model the implications of three alternative futures for Africa.
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