The idea for this book gradually emerged through two workshops on the practical norms of
real governance at the Institute of Development Policy and Management, University of …

There are a number of controversies surrounding the International Criminal Court (ICC) in
Africa. Critics have charged it with neo-colonial meddling in African affairs, accusing it of …

Over the past decade, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo) and South Africa
have attracted global attention for high rates of sexual and gender-based violence. Why is it …

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has witnessed a high prevalence of sexual
violence since the wars of the mid‐1990s. The huge response to it commenced around the …

The overall goal of the Conflict Research Programme (CRP) is to provide an evidencebased
strategic re-orientation of international engagement in places apparently afflicted by the …

Why have women in eastern DR Congo increasingly turned to domestic courts in the
aftermath of sexual violence, despite the fact that the state has consistently failed to provide …

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has been widely derided as a failed state, unable
to meet the basic needs of its citizens. But while state infrastructure continues to decay …

Over the last 10 years, scholars have started to focus on African states' bureaucracies by
investigating public servants' relationships with the state, their professional ethos, how they …

Studies have sought to understand the experiences of litigants who use the court system.
However, very few have looked at their specific interactions with court actors in Sub-Saharan …

Access to justice is often described as key for building and consolidating peace and
enhancing socio-economic development in fragile and post-conflict states. Since the 2000s …