With a focus on African experiences, the hub analyses patterns of continued abuse by state and security actors, as well as the weakening of institutions tasked with oversight and accountability. It also considers the role of civil society and civic engagement in challenging these trends.
The hub is oriented toward identifying practical responses. This includes strengthening accountability mechanisms, supporting human rights defenders and addressing the gap between commitments to justice and their implementation. It places particular emphasis on promoting political will, institutional capacity and sustained public engagement.
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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.
