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Civil Society’s Role in Shaping Zimbabwe’s Diamond Governance

SAIIA Policy Insights No 41, March 2017 Download - English Governance of Africa's Resources Programme Zimbabwe confirmed that alluvial diamonds had been discovered in the Marange area in Mutare...

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Aluta Continua: The Unending Fight for Human Rights

With the passing of struggle stalwart Ahmed “Uncle Kathy” Kathrada this week, we are freshly reminded of his legacy in the anti-apartheid movement as well as that of other struggle heroes who fought...

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Human Rights Victims lose out in the ICC debacle

On 24 March, the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued its first order awarding financial compensation – on an individual basis – to the victims of the Bogoro village attack in 2003 in the Ituri...

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The Growth of Female representation in Africa's political space

Sonke Gender Justice and SAIIA researchers Matebe Chisiza and Yarik Turianskyi explore how Rwanda has managed to be the world’s leading example in terms of female representation in politics. Based on...

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What another Kagame term could mean for Africa

Paul Kagame has been re-elected as president of Rwanda – a position he has held since 2000. While the former military commander is well-respected for his role in helping end the 1994 genocide,...

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Peacekeepers and sexual abuse: A persistent stain on the United Nations’ image

The sexual abuse and exploitation of women – in war and peacetime – is one of the most widespread and overlooked phenomena. Frequently exposed to violence and sexual exploitation by armed combatants,...

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The UN Global Compacts on Migration and Refugees: A New Solution to Migration...

SAIIA Occasional Paper No 273, November 2017 Download - English Economic Diplomacy Programme On 22 and 23 May 2017, the UN hosted its second informal thematic session of the Global Compact on...

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The Tortured Path of Global Migration Reforms

In 2017, more than one hundred countries began discussions on the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration and the Global Compact on Refugees. Both seek to arrive at agreed-upon...

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'Managing Migration from Sub-Saharan Africa: the developmental approach'

The South African Institute of International Affairs, Western Cape Branch cordially invites you to a Speaker's meeting to be addressed on 'Managing Migration from Sub-Saharan Africa: the developmental...

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South Africa’s Hazardous Ballet with Human Rights Diplomacy

SAIIA Policy Insights No 53, March 2018   Download Foreign Policy Programme  At its transition in 1994, South Africa emerged as an exceptional case of a rising power that would pursue the diplomacies...

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