Our Research hubs
What sets the ATJRC apart is our commitment to engaged scholarship and practice. We actively encourage practitioners from the continent to share their experiences through reflective writing and our spotlight interviews.
This hub focuses on the persistence of impunity for human rights violations in a number of African contexts. It examines why accountability processes have often failed to produce sustained change, despite formal commitments to justice.
This hub examines how societies engage with past violence and how these processes shape current debates on justice and accountability. It focuses on the politics of memory, including whose histories are recognised, whose are excluded, and how these choices are reflected in public narratives, heritage sites and archives.
This hub focuses on the gendered nature of violence and the ways in which conflict and political instability affect women in Africa. It addresses gendered violence in both conflict and post conflict contexts, as well as the structural inequalities that shape access to justice.
Each hub is dedicated to exploring creative solutions to combat impunity in Africa based on lived realities of transitional justice on the continent.
We also take a proactive stance on topical and emerging issues. For example, we are examining the priority areas for the establishment of the Liberian Court for War and Economic Crimes as well as looking at calls to include gender apartheid as a specific crime in the developing UN Crimes Against Humanity Treaty from African perspectives. In March 2026, we will launch three policy briefs addressing these critical topics.
Our diverse membership includes representatives from organizations such as the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR), Human Rights Watch, and the Foundation for Human Rights, as well as up-and-coming African scholars. This collaboration enriches our work and ensures it is informed by a broad spectrum of perspectives.
