A review of the Africa project implemented by the Centre for Conflict Resolution. The project focuses on conflict resolution in several African countries. ...

Sudanese women activists do not use United Nations (UN) Security Council Resolution 1325 to claim rights. During my eight years of engagement with women’s ...

In many communities across Afghanistan, the formal justice system has proven weak, corrupt, and ineffective. The vast majority of disputes are resolved ...

Perspectives of Local Violence: Revenge, Mediation and Conflict Resolution Arne Strand Local Politi

This evaluation explores lessons learned from Norwegian assistance to six countries within the broad field of conflict prevention, conflict resolution, ...

(Final report commissioned by Danida, May 2001. Limited circulation)

An appraisal of the the Africa project carried out by the Centre for Conflict Resolution in Cape Town

This evaluation of International Alert (IA) - an international NGO based in London, working to prevent and resolve conflict in developing countries and ...

Jan Egeland has recently been appointed Special Envoy of the Secretary General for Conflict Resolution. CMI is very pleased that he will come to CMI and talk about the current challenges and opportunities for the UN.

Long delays in the resolution of court cases are a common problem in both developing and developed countries and impede anti-corruption efforts. Technical ...

Islam and the quest for identity in post-communist Bosnia-Herzegovina Tone Bringa Islam and Bosnia:

Informal justice systems are the principal mechanism for dispute resolution in many societies, but they suffer from two drawbacks. First, in individual ...

The founder and executive director of ACCORD, Mr Vasu Gounden, and the programme manager of ACCORD's peace and security unit, Mr Kwezi Mngqibiza, is visiting CMI on March 21 and 22. Their seminar presentation will focus on Africa: Destination for Conflict Resolution or Investment? and the African Union and Conflict Management: Lessons Learnt

We argue that polygyny creates a social imbalance where few, economically well-off men marry many wives and many poor men marry late or never. By definition, ...

The field of transitional justice has recently seen a surge of interest in the issues of effectiveness and impact. This book examines the effects of transitional ...

This article provides a critical reflection on the efforts at legal reconstruction initiated in 2001 by the international community and the Afghan government. ...

CANCELLED. Professor Amos Sawyer cannot come to Bergen 23 May.

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.

In 2010, a UN Resolution explicitly recognized the human right to water and sanitation (HRtWS). But has this international recognition improved the ability ...

This working paper came about as a result of background research for a chapter in Social and Economic Conditions in East Timor, published by the International ...