This is the last In Brief in a four-part series that summarises
key findings from an analysis of reports of sorcery accusation–
related violence (SARV) in national newspaper articles and
This is the third In Brief of a four-part series on the findings
from a quantitative analysis of media and case law relating
to sorcery accusation–related violence (SARV) in Papua
It is extremely difficult to gauge the nature and extent of
sorcery accusation–related violence (SARV) at a national
level in any country. In part this is due to under-reporting and
This In Brief sets out the main research questions and
summarises the methodology of a major study into sorcery
accusation–related violence (SARV) in Papua New Guinea
Witchcraft and sorcery-related violence, the focus of much attention in recent years, is seemingly an intractable problem that is impossible to remedy (see Forsyth and Eves 2015).
There are compelling reasons for development practitioners to see sorcery and witchcraft as a serious human rights issue, particularly when it leads to accus
This In Brief argues that the repeal of Papua New Guinea's Sorcery Act 1971 has been functionally irrelevant for village courts, which face the issue of sorc
In 2013, widespread publicity given to the deaths of two women accused of witchcraft in Papua New Guinea (PNG) drew international and national attention to t
