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Traditional justice and reconciliation after violent conflict
International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance / International IDEA, 2008This report seeks to assess the role and impact of traditional mechanisms in post-conflict settings. It examines the role played by traditional justice mechanisms in dealing with the legacy of violent conflict in five African countries—Rwanda, Mozambique, Uganda, Sierra Leone and Burundi.OrganisationSearch for Common Ground (SFCG)
SFCG work with local partners to find culturally appropriate means to strengthen societies' capacity to deal with conflicts constructively: to understand the differences and act on the commonalitieDocumentLocal ownership underpins success of security sector reforms
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2008Security sector reforms in any country must be designed, managed and implemented by local people if they are to succeed. But while it is fashionable for policy statements to declare the importance of ‘local ownership’, the concept has proven difficult to apply, with donor governments guilty of frequent breaches.DocumentNew agricultural frontiers in post-conflict Sierra Leone? Exploring institutional challenges for wetland management in the Eastern Province
Brooks World Poverty Institute, University of Manchester, 2008Sierra Leone has recently emerged from a long period of political instability and civil war, and is ranked among the world’s poorest countries. Thousands of displaced people are in the process of returning totheir villages to rebuild their mainly farming-based livelihoods, and many are growing food crops for the first time in a decade.DocumentManaging change in local governance
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2008Decentralisation reforms are now perceived as essential elements of the devolution of responsibility to elected local governments in order to achieve good governance and ensure the public sector responds to the needs of both urban and rural people. How can local governments become responsive, efficient and pro-poor deliverers of services?DocumentCivil society engagement in education budgets: a report documenting Commonwealth Education Fund experience
Commonwealth Education Fund, 2008This report documents Commonwealth Education Fund experience, illustrating how civil society can engage in the budget process through budget analysis; tracking disbursement flows through the education system; monitoring expenditure; and lobbying to influence budget allocations to the education sector.DocumentPeace versus justice: truth and reconciliation commission and war crimes tribunals in Africa
Centre for Conflict Resolution, University of Cape Town (UCT), 2007This paper reports on a seminar held at the Centre for Conflict Resolution (CCR) in Cape Town, South Africa on truth, reconciliation, and war crimes' tribunals in Africa - with particular respect to the theme, ‘peace versus justice’.DocumentDebt and health
Jubilee Debt Campaign, 2007Developing country governments will struggle to invest in decent public health facilities when valuable resources are needed to service debt. However, the evidence is that debt relief works to alleviate healthcare shortages - spending on health in countries that have received debt cancellation has risen by seventy percent.DocumentThe European Union must get serious about women and conflict
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2008Women’s roles in conflict are hidden, poorly understood and, at times, dismissed. Attention is usually only drawn to women’s roles as victims. The European Union (EU) is becoming more responsive to the different roles that women assume in conflict, but needs a wider understanding of their needs and their ability to promote peace.