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    Disaster-related displacement from the Horn of Africa

    Norwegian Refugee Council, 2014
    Between 2008 and 2012, 144 million people were forced to leave their homes by sudden-onset disasters around the world. The vast majority of them fled from floods, storms and wildfires and others effects of climate change. Most remain in their countries as internally displaced people, but many also flee across the borders to other countries.
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    Complex realities and astute actors: Sudanese women’s activism and UN Security Council Resolution 1325

    Norwegian Peacebuilding Centre, 2014
    Sudanese women activists do not use United Nations (UN) Security Council Resolution 1325 to claim rights. During my eight years of engagement with women’s activist from diverse backgrounds in the country I have hardly heard the resolution mentioned, except in the context of the Darfur conflict.
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    Return to war in South Sudan

    Norwegian Peacebuilding Centre, 2014
    While the crisis in South Sudan that started in December 2013 was triggered by a power struggle in the ruling party (SPLM), the causes for the rapid breakdown of peace run deep. Over time, several rebel groups were integrated into the army (SPLA) without resolving the causes of their rebellions.
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    Still at risk: Security of tenure and the forced eviction of IDPs and refugee returnees in urban Afghanistan

    Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre, 2014
    This report reviews cases of actual and threatened evictions of IDPs and refugee returnees from informal settlements in and around all the major Afghan cities where the Norwegian Refugee Council has an established field presence.
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    Technical Paper: The risk of disaster-induced displacement. Central America and the Caribbian

    Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre, 2013
    This technical paper provides evidence-based estimates of the likelihood of disaster-induced displacement in Central American and selected Caribbean states – Belize, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua and Panama. It represents a first attempt to better quantify human displacement risk.
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    On the margin: Kenya’s pastoralists. From displacement to solutions, a conceptual study on the internal displacement of pastoralists

    Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre, 2014
    Pastoralism is a global phenomenon. In Africa, where 66 per cent of is used for pastoral production, it is recognised as part of the continent’s cultural heritage. More than just a means of production, it is a way of life intrinsically linked to the identity of the individuals and communities that practise it.
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    Latin America awakes: a review of the new drug policy debate

    Norwegian Peacebuilding Centre, 2014
    Latin America is confronted with astonishing levels of organised and interpersonal violence, much of it connected to illicit narcotics production and trafficking and the so-called “war on drugs”. There is evidence, however, of mounting resistance to the global drug control regime and its narrow emphasis on suppressing supply, chiefly through enforcement measures.
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    Latin America and the drug issue: searching for a change

    Norwegian Peacebuilding Centre, 2013
    This report analyses the current global situation of the drug question and highlights the limitations of the so-called "war on drugs". It specifically reflects on the particularities of the anti-narcotics crusade in Latin America by showing its poor results in terms of coping with the drug phenomenon.
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    Exposing and limiting the global trade in conflict diamonds

    International Peace Research Institute, Oslo, 2013
    Stopping the international trade in conflict diamonds has become nearly impossible under the current Kimberley Process framework as new smuggling routes through India expose its structural weaknesses. Thankfully, a simple and cost-effective solution is at hand: Mandating mine-to-market tracing for all newly mined diamonds.  
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    The search for a negotiated peace in Colombia and the fight against illegal drugs

    2013
    The issue of illicit drugs has played a radically different role in the ongoing peace talks between the Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) in Havana compared with the peace process in El Caguán ten years ago. There are two differences.

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