Abstract The role of civil society organizations in peace making and peace building is often valorized, especially in countries that witness protracted ...

Since achieving independence, Sudan has been burdened with many conflicts which have hindered its economic, social and cultural development. While some ...

The Bonn Agreement of December 2001 lays the foundations for a political transition in Afghanistan after 23 years of war. The agreement excludes the defeated ...

Peace agreements are the codification of the terms of settlement between some or all conflict parties for the purpose of ending conflict between them. ...

Colombian president Juan Manuel Santos managed to secure approval for the new peace agreement between the government and FARC before he comes to Oslo to receive the Nobel Peace Prize on December 10.

Mine action is essential for long-term peacebuilding and post-conflict reconstruction. Using new data, this paper explores the nexus between mine action ...

This Spotlight addresses the questions: How did peace agreements and transition documents signed in Libya between 2011 and 2018 provide for the inclusion ...

A review of the practice and content of ceasefire agreements and provisions in peace agreements. The article include a discussion on the definition of ...

A conversation between Diego Martínez, General Secretary of the Permanent Committee for the Defense of Human Rights in Colombia, and Elin Skaar, Senior Researcher, CMI

The Sudan is a vast and varied country in terms of its geography and people, defining its social and political relations from the colonial era through ...

Recent attempts at reaching an international investment agreement have been met with considerable opposition and failed. An important reason for this ...

This report originates in the growing international engagement in statebuilding and postconflict reconstruction during the past decade. The 2005 Paris ...

This Spotlight addresses the questions: How did peace agreements and transition documents signed in Libya between 2011 and 2018 provide for the inclusion ...

A power sharing agreement and the inauguration of a new government in South Sudan has been put to a halt. Disagreement on the number of states and local ...

Executive summary Haydom Lutheran Hospital (HLH) opened in 1955. HLH is owned by the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Tanzania (ELCT), Mbulu Synod, but ...

In this paper it is suggested that the present modalities for North-South cooperation, and especially the current structural adjustment programmes being ...

The Comprehensive Peace Agreement represents a major opportunity for positive change and sustainable peace in Sudan. History shows, however, that the ...

Peace Agreements can contain two kinds of provisions; "backward looking" provisions to secure an end to the violence and "forward looking provisions for longterm recovery. What is the importance of including forward- looking provisions with regards to economic recovery and institution building?

This thesis seeks to combine institutional peacebuilding theory and democratization theory in order to understand the process and the result of the implementation ...

While momentum in pursuit of a peace settlement for Afghanistan increases, ambiguities remain in the U.S. strategy, and there are questions about the ...