Conflict and security
- Reviewing the successes and failures of small arms destruction projects
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The world appears to be witnessing the largest systematic destruction of excess small arms and light weapons since the end of the Second World War. Although surplus destruction is well established in the international security-building repertoire of donor governments, it remains in many respects experimental. This chapter reviews the successes and failures of small arms and ammunition destruction projects. The authors consider what barriers must be overcome and consider when success is most likely.
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- Reviewing the successes and failures of small arms destruction projects
- ( A. Karp / Small Arms Survey , 2008)
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The world appears to be witnessing the largest systematic destruction of excess small arms and light weapons since the end of the Second World War. Although surplus destruction is well established ...
- Protecting Darfur? Examining the challenges faced by UNAMID
- ( J. Fowler;J. Prendergast / ENOUGH , 2008)
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The United Nations-African Union mission in Darfur, known as UNAMID, is stunted. Only one-third of the troops are deployed, critical gaps exist in equipment and logistical support and the force has...
- How to improve services and protection for displaced people with disabilities
- ( Women's Commission for Refugee Women and Children , 2008)
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Persons with disabilities remain among the most hidden, neglected and socially excluded of all displaced people today. People with disabilities are often literally and programmatically “invis...
- Juridical manipulation to retain a hold on power
- ( D. Matyszak / Institute for Democracy in South Africa , 2008)
- Zimbabwe's ruling party, ZANU-PF, in the March 2008 elections, lost their majority in parliament, whilst their leader Robert Mugabe went to succeed in a run-off election which was dogged by accusation...
- EU response to women and armed conflict
- ( A. Sherriff;K. Barnes / European Centre for Development Policy Management , 2008)
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Women’s multiple and diverse roles in conflict are hidden, poorly understood and, at times, consciously or unconsciously dismissed. Women are usually...
- Exploring the relationship between conservation and human rights
- ( International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (World Conservation Union) , 2007)
- This paper presents a collection of articles exploring the key issues surrounding the relationship between human rights and conservation. It looks at what human rights are and what do they have to do ...
- Assisting armed groups often the only way of avoiding destitution
- ( P. Justino / Microcon , 2008)
- This paper proposes an analytical framework to understand important internal links between household poverty and armed conflict. It argues that the economic behaviour and decisions of households to pr...
- What future direction for NATO?
- ( S. Koschut;R. Henning / German Council on Foreign Relations , 2008)
- Under the backdrop of the Bucharest summit initially dubbed as the “enlargement summit”, this paper looks at the opportunities and implications on NATO expansion. It particularly focuses o...
- Why does China not conform to human rights norms?
- ( S. Sitaraman / University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library , 2008)
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This article examines why China is wary of international human rights law and why it has difficulties complying with international human rights norms. It particularly focuses on establishing why th...
- Rapid response study on citizenship, violence and xenophobia in South Africa
- ( Democracy and Governance Programme Human Sciences Research Council / Human Sciences Research Council, South Africa , 2008)
- More than 50 people died and tens of thousands of people were displaced as a result of ‘xenophobic’ violence in South Africa during 2008. A number of urgent questions resulted from these a...
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