This CCR seminar report is based on a policy advisory group seminar held in Somerset West, South Africa, from 13 to 14 December 2011. The meeting took place as South Africa approached the end of the first year of its second two-year term (2011-2012) as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council. The seminar focused on: South Africa's role on the UN Security ...

A central aim of the seminar was to ensure the rights of war-affected children by identifying and discussing concrete avenues of enforcing, reporting on, and monitoring children's rights in conflict and post-conflict situations on the continent. The seminar provided a forum for 20 participants, including human and child rights experts; representatives from the Afr...

The year 2013 marks the 50th anniversary of post-independence pan-Africanism with the birth of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) in May 1963. As the golden jubilee is celebrated, this CCR seminar report reflects on the hopes for an "African Renaissance" embodied by the continental body's successor, the African Union (AU), and the challenges that it faces in f...

The year 2013 marks the 50th anniversary of post-independence pan-Africanism with the birth of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) in May 1963. As the golden jubilee is celebrated, this CCR seminar report reflects on the hopes for an "African Renaissance" embodied by the continental body's successor, the African Union (AU), and the challenges that it faces in f...

Pursuant to its vision and mission objectives of promoting peaceful conflict resolution in Africa, the Centre for Conflict Resolution (CCR) Cape Town. South Africa. In collaboration with the Friedrich Ebert Sifting (FES) Offices in South Africa and Mozambique, and the United Nations Foundation (UNF) office in New York; Organised a three day policy seminar from 21-2...