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Instability and Humanitarian Conditions in Chad
Authors:
No Named Author;
As the Sahel region weathers another year of drought and poor harvests, the political and security situation in Chad remains volatile, compounding a worsening humanitarian situation in which some 2 million Chadians are at risk of more...
Keywords:
Humanitarian Aid;
Countries:
Chad;
Regions:
Africa;
Central Africa;
North Africa;
The Lord's Resistance Army: In Search for a New Approach
Authors:
No Named Author;
Keywords:
African Union;
Armed Conflict;
Civil-Military Cooperation;
Conflict;
Destabilising;
Donors;
DPKO;
Guerrilla Forces;
Insecurity;
Countries:
Congo Democratic Republic of (Zaire) ;
Uganda ;
Regions:
Africa;
African Great Lakes;
East Africa;
Business and Public Security in Nepal – Impacts and Responses
Authors:
No Named Author;
This briefing note summarises key findings from research carried out in seven districts
including Kathmandu on the impact of prevailing insecurity on the Nepali private sector,
and its responses. The purpose is to:
Mobilise more...
Keywords:
economic activity;
Economic Development;
economic recovery;
Economic Reform;
public security;
Countries:
Nepal ;
Regions:
Central Asia;
Security Sector Reform Monitor: Haiti [April 2010]
Authors:
Mark Sedra;
On January 12, 2010, Haiti experienced a magnitude-seven earthquake that leveled much of the capital, Port-au-Prince, and left more than 200,000 people dead. The natural disaster was a cruel and devastating blow not only because of more...
Keywords:
Security Sector;
Security Sector Governance;
Security Sector Reform;
Security Sector Transformation (SST);
Accountability and Justice Law;
Criminal Violence;
Economic Reform;
Governance;
Humanitarian Aid;
Humanitarian Crisis;
Countries:
Haiti ;
Regions:
Caribbean;
Central America;
Persuasive Prevention: Towards a Principle for Implementing Article 4(h) and R2P by the African Union
Authors:
No Named Author;
While the legality of intervention without Security Council authorisation is still debatablein international law, over-reliance on military intervention increases the risk of too much focus on reactive rather than proactive strategies. more...
Keywords:
Accountability;
Accountability and Justice Law;
Conflict;
Conflict Prevention;
Conflict Resolution;
Human Rights;
Humanitarian Aid;
International Law;
Justice;
Responsibility to Protect;
Regions:
Africa;
Emerging Perspectives on the Politicisation of Reconstructing Conflict-Affected Countries July 2009
Authors:
No Named Author;
This virtual issue examines reconstruction efforts in five conflict-affected countries (namely, Afghanistan, Iraq, Kosovo, Lebanon and Sri Lanka) where concerns over politicisation, marketisation and securitisation have been especially more...
Keywords:
Governance;
Peacebuilding;
Politics;
Post-Conflict;
Reconstruction;
Politicisation;
Regions:
Global;
DFID White Paper 2009 - Eliminating World Poverty: Building our Common Future
Authors:
No Named Author;
Development works. The UK has been at the forefront of international efforts which have helped lift record numbers of people out of poverty in recent years. Real incomes in the developing world have doubled. Two-thirds of countries more...
Keywords:
Aid;
Countries:
United Kingdom ;
Regions:
Western Europe;
European Union ;
Beyond Piracy: Next Steps to Stabilize Somalia
Authors:
No Named Author;
For the first time in a long time, Americans are paying attention to what their government does in Somalia. Following last month’s hostage drama off the coast of Somalia, President Barack Obama is under increasing political pressure more...
Keywords:
Governance;
International Community;
Peacebuilding;
Reconciliation;
Security;
Stabilisation;
Stability;
Terrorism;
piracy;
Countries:
Somalia ;
Regions:
Horn of Africa;
End-State Afghanistan
Authors:
No Named Author;
Based on an analysis of all strategic aspects of crisis management since 2001, this Egmont Paper formulates a number of recommendations to the international community, the UN, NATO, the EU and their members, including Belgium, in more...
Keywords:
Conflict Prevention;
Crisis Management;
Defence Diplomacy;
International Community;
Strategic Management;
Strategy;
Countries:
Afghanistan;
Regions:
Central Asia;
Fragile Stability: Post-Apartheid South Africa
Authors:
No Named Author;
This paper analyzes South Africa's social and economic challenges, focusing on income inequality, poverty, the land reform crisis, HIV/AIDS, crime and brain drain. The author finds that the country exhibits signs of state fragility more...
Keywords:
Economic Development;
HIV / AIDS;
Poverty;
Social Inequality;
Countries:
South Africa ;
Regions:
Southern Africa;
Fighting the Spread of Cholera in Zimbabwe
Authors:
No Named Author;
With more than 90,000 reported cases, the cholera crisis in Zimbabwe shows no sign of abating. Since the beginning of December 2008, RedR Members and RedR-trained water and sanitation professionals have flown out to Zimbabwe to help more...
Keywords:
children;
citizen security;
Human Security;
Humanitarian Aid;
Humanitarian Crisis;
Countries:
Zimbabwe ;
Regions:
Southern Africa;
Stumbling and Fumbling over the Implementation of the Responsibility to Protect: The Darfur Debacle
Authors:
Festus Aboagye;
The humanitarian emergency in Darfur continues to challenge the United Nation’s responsibility to protect (R2P) vulnerable populations. Darfur’s challenge to the collective will of the world body far exceeds other challenges posed more...
Keywords:
Harmonisation;
Humanitarian Aid;
International Security;
Peace Accords;
Responsibility to Protect;
Countries:
Sudan ;
Regions:
Central Africa;
Crisis without Limits: Human Rights and Humanitarian Consequences of Political Repression in Zimbabwe
Authors:
No Named Author;
How has the political crisis contributed to the humanitarian crisis in Zimbabwe? How should the African Union (AU) and the international community respond to these crises? This report from Human Rights Watch examines the humanitarian more...
Keywords:
Harmonisation;
Human Rights;
Humanitarian Aid;
Humanitarian Crisis;
Countries:
Zimbabwe ;
Regions:
Southern Africa;
Improving Capacity for Stabilization and Reconstruction Operations
Authors:
Zaheer Baber;
Nora Bensahel;
Olga Oliker;
Until recently, governments and militaries have preferred to focus attention and resources on conventional military operations rather than stabilization and reconstruction missions. Thus, skills and capacities for the latter set of more...
Keywords:
Capacity Building;
Reconstruction;
Stabilisation;
Countries:
United States of America ;
Regions:
North America ;
Stunted development
Authors:
Frances D'Souza;
During the last seven years, the US and the international donor community have spent some USD 15 to 31 billion on rebuilding, development and democratisation activities in Afghanistan. Today, the tangible result of this work seems more...
Keywords:
Corruption;
Development;
Elections;
International Community;
Refugees;
Violence;
Countries:
Afghanistan;
Regions:
Central Asia;
UNAIDS: Preparing for the Future Report of the UNAIDS, Leadership Transition Working Group
Authors:
No Named Author;
Established in 1996, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) brings together several UN agencies around a single mandate to lead, strengthen, and support the global response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic. It had been led more...
Keywords:
Global Civil Society;
Humanitarian Aid;
Policy Development;
Regions:
Global;
R2P: No Love in a Time of Cholera
Authors:
Angel Rabasa;
Because it provides a framework for the prevention of impending humanitarian disaster or for the arrest of a crisis underway, the United Nation's doctrine on the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) is a notable step forward for the international more...
Keywords:
Civil War;
Famine;
Genocide;
Globalisation;
Internally Displaced People;
International Law;
International Response;
Peacekeeping;
Poverty;
Terrorism;
Trafficking;
Countries:
Afghanistan;
Haiti ;
Somalia ;
Sudan ;
United States of America ;
Zimbabwe ;
Regions:
Central Asia;
Caribbean;
Central America;
Horn of Africa;
Central Africa;
North America ;
Southern Africa;
Report of the Human Rights Council on the Human Rights Situation on Palestine and Other Occupied Arab Territories
Authors:
No Named Author;
The present report is submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution S-9/1 of 12 January 2009 in which the Council requested all relevant special procedures mandate-holders, in particular the Special Rapporteur on the situation more...
Keywords:
Armed Conflict;
Education;
Human Rights;
Internally Displaced People;
Poverty;
Violence;
Countries:
Palestine;
Regions:
Middle East;
Afghanistan: From Insurgency to Stabilisation
Authors:
Peter Middlebrook;
Richard Kemp;
Patrick Merloe;
This report explores the complex inter-relationship between political, security and
socio-economic transitions - major facets of which remain incomplete -around which a set of coherent recommendations are made.
Keywords:
Economic Development;
Local Ownership;
National Security;
Stabilisation;
Justice;
Rule of Law;
Security;
Countries:
Afghanistan;
Regions:
Central Asia;
Recovering from War: Gaps in Early Action
Authors:
Patrick Chabal;
A document bringing the complex, muiti-dimensional linkages in early recovery to life.
Keywords:
Reconstruction;
Recovery;
Security Sector Reform;
Regions:
Global;
Guidebook for Supporting Economic Development in Stability Operations
Authors:
Nora Bensahel;
Keith Crane;
Olga Oliker;
This guidebook is designed to help U.S. Army personnel more effectively use economic assistance to support economic and infrastructure development. The guidebook should help tactical commanders choose and implement more effective more...
Keywords:
Economic Development;
Stability;
Countries:
Afghanistan;
Iraq ;
Regions:
Central Asia;
Middle East;
The Seven Capital Sins of the Donor Community in Afghanistan
Authors:
No Named Author;
The objective of this brief is to help trigger a badly needed reassessment by the new U.S. administration of what has gone wrong in the way the aid effort has been conducted in Afghanistan. It does not focus on the specific U.S. aid more...
Keywords:
Development;
Development Intervention;
Donor Funding;
Donors;
Humanitarian Aid;
International Community;
Security;
Countries:
Afghanistan;
Regions:
Central Asia;
Integrating socio-economic recovery into post-conflict stabilization programmes
Authors:
Leontine Specker;
Economic development and violent conflict are closely interconnected. Whereas conflict hinders sound economic growth, economic activity and actors can play a role either negatively in causing instability, or positively in building more...
Keywords:
Conflict;
Development;
Economic Development;
economic recovery;
Governance;
Insecurity;
Peacebuilding;
Reconstruction;
Stabilisation;
Regions:
Global;
United Nations Peacekeeping: Challenges Obtaining Needed Resources Could Limit Further Large Deployments and Should Be Addressed in U.S. Reports to Congress
Authors:
No Named Author;
WHY GAO DID THIS STUDY: The United Nations (UN) supports U.S. interests in maintaining international security by deploying and operating 16 peacekeeping operations in locations in conflict, including Darfur, Lebanon, and Haiti. Over more...
Keywords:
Conflict Resolution;
Humanitarian Aid;
International Organisations;
Peace Support Operations;
peace-making;
Post-Conflict;
Reconstruction;
Regional Approaches;
Regions:
Global;
The Criminal Justice System in Sierra Leone
Authors:
Annie Chikwanha;
This issue paper attempts to highlight the main problems in the country’s criminal justice system. The issues raised in this issue paper take into account the Government of Sierra Leone’s constrained capacity to correct most criminal more...
Keywords:
Criminal Justice System;
Governance;
Post-Conflict;
Reconstruction;
Security;
Countries:
Sierra Leone ;
Regions:
West Africa;