The Human Rights programme at the Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI) celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2008. To mark this event, an anniversary symposium ...

Political Transformation in Venezuela, Ecuador and Bolivia. How the problem of violence is solved through regional cooperation.

Are Knudsen: Precarious peacebuilding: Post-war Lebanon 1990-2005

Are Knudsen: Precarious peacebuilding: Post-war Lebanon 1990-2005

Following the 2019 April revolution, Sudan now finds itself in the middle of a profound and uncertain political transition. Should the transition succeed, ...

Pakistani lawyer Shahzad Akbad and former US drone pilot Brandon Bryant in conversation with Åse Gilje Østensen.

Women’s protection needs in war zones has been brought to the forefront of the international security agenda. It is argued that women and children ...

Richard Wilson, Gladstein Chair of Human Rights and Director of the Human Rights Institute, University of Connecticut discusses human rights after 9/11, What are the effects on human rights of the military actions and anti-terror legislation that constitutes the "war on terror", in the USA as well as globally?

This dissertation deals with the situation of the Sri Lankan refugees who have fled to the Indian State of Tamil Nadu - primarily due to the escalating ...

Dar al-Tifi al-Arabi is the largest Palestinian orphanage providing education for more than 1500 pupils. Nefissa Naguib has made a film about the woman who founded it, and how she and her successors fill in the gaps when the state is unable to perform the function as provider of adequate welfare.

 Lebanon is a deeply-divided country with a troubled civil war history (1975–90). The Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) is multi-confessional, ...

The limits and consequences of humanitarian military operations continue to be major issues in Western public debates on global security, democracy and ...

During the peace process in Sudan women were merely "guests at the table. The role permitted to women during negotiations was based on a perception of ...

Sexual violence is widespread in many armed conflicts. Why is sexual violence used in wars? Why does it vary between countries both during and after conflicts? Welcome to this seminar, where leading scholars present new research on Latin America, Europe and Africa.

Khartoum remains an island of peace amidst armed conflict in many corners of the country.

Are we witnessing a power shift from the West to the East?

This paper examines the relationships between environment, society and the state in the Gash-Setit region, western Eritrea. Through an examination of ...

The yearbook is an on-going project between a number of research institutes, mostly in Europe. The edition is the 11th in the series. It contains articles ...

Arve Ofstad at CMI led the UN Development Programme's review of its assistance to Angola 1997-2000. The review showed that UNDP had designed a relevant ...

In Uganda, data suggests that not only women and girls are sexually assaulted in times of conflict and war, but also men and boys. Yet, male rape victims are almost invisible in interventions and even debates on conflict related sexual violence. Attention is overwhelmingly focused on girls and women. -There is a monopoly of victimhood, says Chris Dolan, Director at the Refugee Law Project at the School of Law, Makerere University.