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  Sexual violence against women during conflict: the need for a coordinated effort

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007

  Systematic campaigns of rape in Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia during the 1990s have drawn international attention to the abuse of women in times of war. But the number of victims who receive redress or support for rebuilding their lives remains small.
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  Making a hero book

  Regional Psychosocial Support Initiative For Children Affected by HIV/AIDS, 2006

  This manual leads children and youth, in groups, through a series of autobiographical story telling and art exercises, designed to explore solutions and to mobilise a community response, in the face of specific personal and social challenges.
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  Gender, peace and peacekeeping: lessons from Southern Africa

  Institute for Security Studies, 2005

  This document discusses the relationship between gender and peacekeeping in Africa. It draws on evidence from two Southern African peacekeeping experiences: the United Nations Observer Mission to South Africa (UNOMSA) and the Organisation Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUC)
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  The contemporary right to property restitution in the context of transitional justice

  The International Center for Transitional Justice, 2007

  This study summarises the parallel development of restitution and reparations in international law and practice over the last century in order to provide context for recommendations on how restitution can best serve the needs of contemporary transitional justice settings.
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  Understanding the movements of Somali refugees

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007

  Since the late 1980s, Somalis have been leaving their country, fleeing civil war, poverty, drought and famine. Today they form one of the world’s largest diasporas. With local integration in neighbouring states or asylum in Europe increasingly difficult, large numbers embark on complex journeys – secondary migrations – which are hard to document.
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  The ‘one-plus-four’ formula and transition in the Democratic Republic of Congo

  Institute for Security Studies, 2007

  This article discusses the role played by South Africa in peacekeeping during the recent conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). It particularly focuses on the factors that enabled President Mbeki’s ‘imposed plan’ as a political mechanism to succeed and contribute significantly to solving the conflict. Key findings include:
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  IBSA regional security dimensions: the South African perspective

  Centre for Policy Studies, South Africa, 2007

  Member countries of the India-Brazil-South Africa (IBSA) Dialogue Forum seek to position themselves as regional leaders in the pursuit of global security. This paper examines the role of IBSA in international security through the lens of South Africa.
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  Organised crime: a study from the Cape Flats

  Institute for Security Studies, 2006

  This book analyses and attempts to conceptualise organised crime and gang violence in South Africa, particularly the Cape Flats.
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  Zimbabwe: an end to the stalemate?

  International Crisis Group, 2007

  This paper analyses the current crisis in Zimbabwe and puts forward recommendations for the establishment of a transition government and democracy in a post-Mugabe era.The paper argues that increased pressure and intervention including from the Southern African Development Community (SADC), and the West could lead to a new political order.
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  Commerce, crime and conflict: legal remedies for private sector liability for grave breaches of international law

  Institute for Applied International Studies, Norway, 2006

  Based on a number of surveys examining the jurisprudence of a total of sixteen nations - Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, the Netherlands, Norway, South Africa, Spain, Ukraine, UK, and USA - this report examines the issue of impunity of companies regarding economic activities linked to human rights abuses and armed conflict.

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