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Staff
Hugo van der Merwe
Hugo van der Merwe
is the Transitional Justice Programme Manager 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). Hugo was previously employed at the Centre for
Applied Legal Studies (Johannesburg) Centre for Conflict
Resolution (Cape Town) and Institute for Conflict Analysis
and Resolution (USA).
Recent Publications
Editor in Chief of International Journal of Transitional
Justice, Oxford University Press
Books
Co-editor (with Victoria Baxter and Audrey Chapman)
Assessing the Impact of Transitional Justice, US
Institute of Peace Press, 2009.
Co-editor (with Audrey Chapman) Truth and Reconciliation
in South Africa: Did the TRC Deliver?, University of
Pennsylvania Press, 2008.
Chapters in Books
'Negotiating with Terrorists: Understanding the legacy of
terror in South Africa' in
Reconciliation after Terrorism: Strategy, Possibility, or Absurdity?
(Ed. Judith Renner) Routledge (with Nokukhanya Mncwabe),
2011
“Delivering Justice during Transition: Research Challenges”
in
Assessing the Impact of Transitional Justice,
US Institute of Peace Press, 2009
“Assessing the Impact of the South African Transitional
Justice Model (co-author with Audrey Chapman) in
Truth and Reconciliation in South Africa: Did the TRC
Deliver?,
University of Pennsylvania Press, 2008.
“What Survivors Say about Justice: An Analysis of the TRC
Victim Hearings,” in
Truth and Reconciliation in South Africa: Did the TRC
Deliver?,
University of Pennsylvania Press, 2008.
“The Impact of the TRC’s Amnesty Process on Survivors of
Human Rights Violations,” (co-author with Timothy Sizwe
Phakathi) in
Truth and Reconciliation in South Africa: Did the TRC
Deliver?,
University of Pennsylvania Press, 2008.
“Did the TRC Deliver?” (co-author with Audrey Chapman) in
Truth and Reconciliation in South Africa: Did the TRC
Deliver?,
University of Pennsylvania Press, 2008.
“Reflecting on the South African TRC Experience: Lessons for
Other Countries?” (co-author with Audrey Chapman) in
Truth and Reconciliation in South Africa: Did the TRC
Deliver?,
University of Pennsylvania Press, 2008.
“Ex-combatants as Peacebuilders: Opportunities and
Challenges” in Struggles in Peacetime: Working with
Ex-Combatants in Mozambique, Netherlands Institute for
Southern Africa, Amsterdam. 2005
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Courses taught:
· POL5037S Post-Conflict Justice in Africa
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