Report of an assessment visit by a team organised under the auspices of the Danish Centre for Human Rights to the Overberg Justice Project 9th to 15th December 2001. This report on the Overberg Justice Centre (“OJC”) is based on the findings of a team visit taking place between 9th and 15th December 2001. The methodology of the review, the composition of the team and the objectives of the assessment are set out below. A review of the academic literature then places this assessment in the context of developments internationally and the South African scene.