Post conflict reconstruction
- Powersharing in the African context
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Peace agreements form a crucial element of strategies to bring security from outside: they involve third-party mediators during the negotiation stage and often peacekeeping troops to guarantee the agreement at an implementation stage. This paper reviews parts of the academic debate on power sharing and war termination. The ambivalent African experience is discussed considering the four main ingredients of democracy in states which have major internal divisions along ethnic, religious, or linguistic lines. Recent major African peace agreements (1999-2007) are analyzed, and their power-sharing content detailed.
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How can IDPs be effectively involved in the peace process?
- ( Brookings Institution , 2007)
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This paper explores how the issue of internal displacement can best be integrated into peace processes, peace agreements and peace-building. It specifically looks at:
... - Healing the past: Nepal and the transitional justice process
- ( W. Farasat;C. Fajardo / The International Center for Transitional Justice , 2008)
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For many nations the signing of a peace agreement in an intra-state conflict is just the beginning of a long process. A process which needs to address the grievances, concerns and needs of the many...
- Tackling a crisis: effective DDR for the Democratic Republic of Congo
- ( Institute for Security Studies, South Africa , 2008)
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Despite a peace agreement being reached - and the largest UN peace-keeping mission in attendance - eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is still racked by violence. For the eastern (Kivu) reg...
Difficulties in reintegration for former South African combatants
- ( M. Bandeira / Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation, South Africa , 2008)
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There are an estimated 150,000 ex-combatants in South Africa. The disarmament, demobilisation and reintegration (DDR) of these veterans presents a significant challenge to democracy-building. Where...
- Engendering the peace process in Kosovo
- ( A. Villellas Arino;G. Redondo de la Morena / L'Escola de Cultura de Pau/ The School for a Culture of Peace , 2008)
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From a gender perspective, the post-war rehabilitation process in Kosovo has been complex and offers mixed results The authors of this paper look at this post-war rehabilitation process paying part...
- Greed and grievance in post-conflict reconstruction
- ( S. M. Murshed;M. Z. Tadjoeddin / Microcon , 2007)
- Two phenomena have been recently utilised to explain conflict onset among rational choice analysts: greed and grievance. The paper provides a synthesis of the greed and grievance hypotheses and provid...
War crimes reporting manual
- ( S Sullivan;J Anderson / Institute for War and Peace Reporting , 2006)
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War crimes reporting, like any journalistic specialisation, makes its own demands and has its own rules. This handbook aims to support countries emerging from war by strengthening the skills of ind...
- Can traditional justice mechanisms deliver in post-conflict settings?
- ( L. Huyse;M. Salter / International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance / International IDEA , 2008)
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This report seeks to assess the role and impact of traditional mechanisms in post-conflict settings. It examines the role played by traditional justice mechanisms in dealing with the legacy of viol...
- Using artistic expression to resolve conflict
- ( Ba Futuru , 2007)
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Post conflict reconstruction in Timor-Leste has seen civil society playing a large part in conflict resolution and peace building efforts. Psychosocial programming has proven useful in addressing t...
- The challenge of ensuring justice in post-conflict society
- ( S. Pillay;H. Scanlon / Centre for Conflict Resolution, University of Cape Town (UCT) , 2007)
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This paper reports on a seminar held at the Centre for Conflict Resolution (CCR) in Cape Town, South Africa on truth, reconciliation, and war crimes' tribunals in Africa - with particular respect t...
