It is easy to document that the 2016 elections in Uganda were unfair. To combat the uneven playing field one needs to systematically assess the symptoms ...

The oppositional groups called the June 3 presidential election “blood elections” because of the huge numbers of lives lost during the three ...

The Norwegian government has appointed a committee that will evaluate Norway’s engagement in Afghanistan. The main objective is to review and draw lessons from the operation. Senior researchers Astri Suhrke and Torunn Wimpelmann at CMI will be part of the Commission.

Truth commissions are an integral component of transitional justice, that is, formal and informal mechanisms set up by the state or civil society to address ...

Truth Commissions are increasingly being used as one mechanism in a broader strategy to consolidate democratic governance following a period of authoritarian ...

Anita Ferrara, Assessing the Long-Term Impact of Truth Commissions: The Chilean Truth and Reconcilia

The implementation record of truth commissions’ recommendations in Latin America Elin Skaar The Glob

Anti-corruption Commissions (ACCs) have, with one or two exceptions, been a disappointment both to the people of developing countries and to their development ...

The report studies three human rights commissions in Southeast Asia in light of the so-called Paris Principles. These principles are the authoritative ...

Over the last few years, Angolan legislation on elections and the Angolan national election commission has been strengthened considerably. In legal ...

The Danish Africa Commission recommends a refocused agenda for international development cooperation with Africa. Lars Engberg-Pedersen discusses the main recommendations from the report, then a panel with Kjell Harald Dalen from the Norwegian Foreign Ministry and researchers from CMI debates new directions in the development cooperation with Africa.

This report, commissioned by NORAD, explores ways and means of providing Norwegian aid to the resuscitated East African Community, including a review ...

The 2007 general elections in Kenya were fiercely disputed and triggered widespread violence throughout the country. After former UN Secretary-General, ...

Appraisal - the Palestinian Independent Commission for Citizens' Rights. Program document 2005-2007

Review of Norwegian support to the Institute of Development Management. Commissioned report for NO

Review of Norwegian support to the education sector in Tanzania. Commissioned report for NORAD. Joh

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

Review of NORAD's support to the University of Dar es Salaam. Commissioned report for NORAD Johan

Commissioned as a background paper for discussions at a joint seminar between the Norwegian embassies in Africa and the Foreign Ministry

South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission as an International Model Siri Gloppen Writing R