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GSDRC Helpdesk Research Report: Conflict and development in Sudan: Key research institutions

There are a limited number of UK-based research institutes that include a focus on conflict and development in Sudan. Experts indicate that the Rift Valley Institute (RVI) is the main organisation involved in Sudanese research. Other research institutes that incorporate Sudan or South Sudan in their programming include: the Royal African Society; the Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House); ODI; Justice Africa; and the Institute of Development Studies. Some of the more more...

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GSDRC Applied K... on May 21, 2013

Indonesia: Time to face the past: Just for past abuses in Indonesia’s Aceh province

Indonesia: Time to face the past: Just for past abuses in Indonesia’s Aceh province

amnesty.org –

On 15 August 2005, the Indonesian government and the armed pro-independence movement, the Free Aceh Movement (Gerakan Aceh Merdeka, hereafter referred to as GAM) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) under the auspice of the Crisis Management Initiative (CMI) headed by former Finnish president Martti Ahtisaari signalling the end of years of violence. The Aceh conflict had a devastating impact on the civilian population, in particular between 1989 and 2004 when military operations were more...

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D C on April 19, 2013

Death from the Skies: Deliberate and Indiscriminate Air Strikes on Civilians

Death from the Skies: Deliberate and Indiscriminate Air Strikes on Civilians

This 80-page report is based on visits to 50 sites of government air strikes in opposition-controlled areas in Aleppo, Idlib, and Latakia governorates, and more than 140 interviews with witnesses and victims. The air strikes Human Rights Watch documented killed at least 152 civilians. According to a network of local Syrian activists, air strikes have killed more than 4,300 civilians across Syria since July 2012.

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D C on April 14, 2013

Turning Rhetoric into Reality: Accountability for Serious International Crimes in Côte d’Ivoire

Turning Rhetoric into Reality: Accountability for Serious International Crimes in Côte d’Ivoire

This 74-page report analyzes Côte d’Ivoire’s uneven efforts to hold to account those responsible for serious international crimes committed following the November 2010 presidential election. Since his May 2011 inauguration, President Alassane Ouattara has repeatedly declared his commitment to bring all of those responsible to account, regardless of political affiliation or military rank. However, while prosecutors have charged more than 150 people with crimes committed during the post-election more...

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D C on April 12, 2013

The Final United Nations Conference on the Arms Trade Treaty

The Final United Nations Conference on the Arms Trade Treaty

allafrica.com –

This document describes the Final United Nations Conference on the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) which was held in New York from 18 to 28 March 2013 to conclude negotiations on an Arms Trade Treaty.

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Moushumi Biswas on April 4, 2013

What is a civil war ? a critical review of its definition and (econometric) consequences

What is a civil war ? a critical review of its definition and (econometric) consequences

www-wds.worldbank.org –

The authors argue that the academic literature, both qualitative and quantitative, has mislabeled most episodes of large-scale violence in Africa as civil war; these episodes better fit their concept of regional war complexes. The paper seeks to highlight the fundamental flaws in the conception of civil war in the econometric literature and their implications for econometric specification and estimation, problems that this literature is inherently incapable of rectifying. The authors advocate more...

Added by Zunia.org on March 31, 2013

Kenya’s 2013 Elections

Kenya’s 2013 Elections

crisisgroup.org –

Kenya’s elections this year should turn the page on the bloodshed of five years ago, but the risk of political violence is still unacceptably high. A new constitution, fresh election commission and reformed judiciary should help. The potential for local violence is especially high. Politicians must stop ignoring rules, exploiting grievances and stoking divisions through ethnic campaigning. The country’s institutions face fierce pressure but must take bold action to curb them. Business and more...

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D C on March 7, 2013

GSDRC Topic Guide: Conflict

Conflict is inherent in all societies and arises when two or more groups believe their interests are incompatible. ‘Conflict’ is not, however, interchangeable with ‘violence’. Non-violent resolution is possible when individuals and groups have trust in their governing structures, society and institutions to manage incompatible interests. Conflict becomes a problem when this trust and respective conflict management capacities are absent and conflicting parties choose instead to resort to the use more...

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GSDRC Applied K... on March 7, 2013

Extreme Weather and Civil War in Somalia: Does Drought Fuel Conflict through Livestock Price Shocks?

Extreme Weather and Civil War in Somalia: Does Drought Fuel Conflict through Livestock Price Shocks?

reliefweb.int –

Climate change leads to more frequent and more intense droughts in Somalia. In a global context, weather shocks have been found to perpetuate poverty and fuel civil conflict. By relating regional and temporal variations in violent conflict outbreaks with drought incidence and severity, this report show that this causality is valid also for Somalia at the local level. This report find that livestock price shocks drive drought-induced conflicts through reducing the opportunity costs of conflict more...

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Moushumi Biswas on March 4, 2013

Introducing the Conflict Dashboard to Visualize Conflict Trends in Real Time

Introducing the Conflict Dashboard to Visualize Conflict Trends in Real Time

ccaps.aiddata.org –

The Strauss Center's program on Climate Change and African Political Stability (CCAPS) analyzes how climate change could impact African and international security. Program research explores the drivers of climate insecurity, links between climate change and conflict, national responses to shocks and conflict, and the impact of adaptation aid responses. Development Gateway is proud to announce the launch of CCAPS’ Conflict Dashboard, the latest in CCAPS’ map dashboard series which allow users more...

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D C on February 28, 2013

GSDRC Helpdesk Research Report: Conflict and Stabilisation in Mali and the Sahel Region

The report covers factors including: Islamist terrorism; criminal networks and trafficking (of arms, drugs, cigarettes, and vehicles); and Tuareg rebellions against the Malian government. It also considers state weakness, including the weakness of state security structures in the north, and the role of neighbouring countries, ECOWAS, the AU and other international actors. Practical recommendations in the literature include: Adopt a burden-sharing and a multi-tiered approach that builds on the more...

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GSDRC Applied K... on February 27, 2013

Mexico's Disappeared: The Enduring Cost of a Crisis Ignored

Mexico's Disappeared: The Enduring Cost of a Crisis Ignored

This 176-page report documents nearly 250 “disappearances” during the administration of former President Felipe Calderón, from December 2006 to December 2012. In 149 of those cases, Human Rights Watch found compelling evidence of enforced disappearances, involving the participation of state agents. In nearly all of these cases, authorities failed to promptly and thoroughly search for the victims or investigate the cases. Prosecutors rarely carried out basic investigative steps crucial to more...

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D C on February 21, 2013

Human Rights Watch: World Report 2013

Human Rights Watch: World Report 2013

This 23rd annual World Report summarizes human rights conditions in more than 90 countries and territories worldwide in 2012. It reflects extensive investigative work that Human Rights Watch staff has undertaken during the year, often in close partnership with domestic human rights activists. Two years into the Arab Spring, much of the excitement of the early days of protest has waned and frustration at the slow pace of change has set in. Those now in power face a daunting task: building more...

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D C on February 1, 2013

Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) Position Paper

Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) Position Paper

actionaid.org –

This ActionAid paper concerns the situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) as of 28 November 2012, and articulates ActionAid’s position on recent developments in North Kivu as well as the wider ongoing conflict in the country. On Friday 30 November 2012, the 14th Ordinary East Africa Heads of State Summit will be held in Nairobi, Kenya. Amongst other issues, the Summit will discuss the security situation in East Africa countries and the current crisis in DRC. ActionAid calls on the more...

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D C on January 28, 2013

Transforming Education for Girls in Nigeria: Endline Research report

Transforming Education for Girls in Nigeria: Endline Research report

actionaid.org –

This report is the culmination of 5 years’ work by the Transforming Education for Girls in Nigeria and Tanzania (TEGINT) project partnership, in particular by Community Action for Popular Participation, ActionAid Nigeria, the Institute of Education and Dr Funmi Para-Mallam of the Nigeria Institute of Policy and Strategic Studies, who led the final research and is the author of the full endline research report (unpublished). This research summary report was compiled and edited by Louise more...

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D C on January 24, 2013

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