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Mia Swart is a research director atthe Human Sciences Research Council
Social media has changed the way wars are fought and oppression is resisted, resulting in governments disrupting connectivity
The Clifton fourth beach debacle shows up many of our moral ambiguities
The state is using famine as a weapon of war but SA abstained in a UN human rights resolution
Apartheid’s ministers must account for their crimes and we too need to confront them
The bitter conflict highlights the shame of the world after 70 years of Palestinian suffering
Ahed Tamimi’s arrest highlights the vulnerability of Palestinians
‘Over the years Steve Hofmeyr has reinvented himself from the poor man’s Brad Pitt to a singer to a political public commentator’
The tribunal made a huge contribution to international criminal law, but whether it has brought lasting peace to the Balkans is not yet clear.
Namibians have brought a renewed lawsuit in the United States against Germany’s extermination policy.
The trial of the Chad dictator in Senegal shows that war and other similar crimes need not be heard in The Hague.
The securitisation of university campuses flies in the face of open debate and the freedom of expression.
Die Reuk van Appels changed a generation. Mia Swart pays tribute to the work of Behr, who died on November 27 from a heart attack at the age of 52.
The country will be isolating itself from the major debates on international justice
The judicial candidates for SA’s highest court are all women, but real change requires an end to sexism.
Few things would have pleased Verwoerd more than the idea that racism and race essentialism are still alive and well.
The latest outburst of aggression in the intractable conflict between Israel and Palestine inflames emotions everywhere.
Apartheid reparations remain one of the unfinished legacies of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
The term political trial is difficult to define, but it usually takes the form of a criminal prosecution of a political opponent of the ruling party.
