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    Understanding how young refugees cope with prolonged forced migration

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006
    Most Western perspectives on the experience of refugee youth tend to focus on psychological approaches, neglecting the social and cultural aspects of prolonged displacement. A more inclusive approach of direct interaction with the children and adolescents involved is crucial to helping practitioners provide them with better services.
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    Learning lessons from the Middle East: towards an ethical foreign policy

    One World Trust, 2006
    This paper is an attempt to connect the armed conflict of the past month in Lebanon and Israel to the question of accountability of governments for their international engagements.The authors argue that while successive Foreign Secretaries and Parliaments have given different weight to the concept of an ethical foreign policy, the recent events reinforce the need to bring the issue back into th
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    Child alert: Democratic Republic of Congo

    United Nations Children's Fund, 2006
    This briefing report, released prior to the first free elections in the country in over 40 years, describes the tragedies that face the DRC’s children and urges the international community to seize the opportunity to put an end to the world’s deadliest humanitarian crisis since World War II.The situation facing the DRC’s children include:sexual assaults on women and children have reache
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    The role of capacity-building in police reform

    Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, 2005
    This book addresses the subject of capacity building in police reform, particularly in transition states such as Kosovo. It contributes to the ongoing debate on this subject, and addresses police reforms in pursuit of democratic principles. The author aims to address reforms in the way police operate and in their relationship with the public they serve.
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    Being tough: young Liberians’ coping strategies in refugee camps

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006
    Refugees face many challenges living in camps, but these difficulties vary amongst different groups. Young Liberian refugees in the Buduburam camp in Ghana deal with their problems in specific ways. Studying the social resilience of these groups may help generate strategies for their improvement.
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    Privatisation of security and military functions and the demise of the modern nation-state in Africa

    African Centre for Constructive Resolution of Disputes, 2006
    This document considers whether the privatisation of security greatly undermines the very foundation upon which state authority rests, and if so, how.
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    UNHCR guidelines on formal determination of the best interests of the child

    United Nations [UN] High Commission for Refugees, 2008
    The principle of the best interests of the child has been the subject of extensive consideration, in both academic and operational circles. However, applying this principle in practice remains a challenge and there is limited guidance available on how to operationalise the best interests principle.  
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    Development, peace and human rights in Colombia: a business agenda

    International Business Leaders Forum, 2006
    The report demonstrates how companies can work in partnership with other stakeholders to create conditions for lasting peace and prosperity.
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    Education in fragile states: capturing lessons and identifying good practice

    Inter-agency Network for Education in Emergencies, 2006
    The OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC) categorises fragile states as follows:deterioration (conflict/risk of conflict; declining capacity and/or will)arrested development (lack of will; moderate or high capacity)post-conflict transition (risk of conflict; low capacity; high or low will)early recovery (may be post-conflict or not; high will but low capacity).Thi
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    Regional Integration and Security in Central Asia: search for new interaction mechanisms for analytical community and governments during formulation and promotion of regional initiatives

    Central Asian Gateway, 2006
    The working paper is based on analysis of the regional expert communities and provides recommendations for the national governments, analytical institutions and international donors on strengthening the role of think tanks in policy advice to facilitate integration processes in the Central Asian region.Integration process and establishing security system in Central Asia (CA) are rather sluggish

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