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  Origins of Malay Muslim “separatism” in Southern Thailand

  Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore (NUS), 2004

  The long held political belief that equates Malay Muslim political activism to separatism is one of the many recent invented ‘facts’ of modern Thai political history. The concept of separatism therefore presupposes the notion of a unified territorial kingdom and state and its dominating Thai culture and institutions.
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  Human security report 2005: war and peace in the 21st Century

  Human Security Centre, 2005

  The first Human Security Report presents a comprehensive and evidence-based portrait of global security.
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  The equality predicament: report on the world social situation 2005

  UN, 2005

  This report traces the trends and patterns in economic and non-economic aspects of inequality and examines their causes and consequences across and within regions and countries.
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  Human security: linking development and security in an age of terror

  European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes, 2005

  Human security is commonly understood as prioritising the security of people, especially their welfare, safety and well-being, rather than that of states.
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  Canadian energy and mining companies navigating International Humanitarian Law in the 21st century

  Ethical Funds Company, 2005

  With a particular focus on the impact of mining and energy companies in conflict countries, this paper examines the body of International law regarding human rights violations.It highlights the following points:American, British, French, and Canadian companies have been implicated in crimes when contracting host country security forces to protect corporate assets and/or after building t
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  Engaging civil society organizations in conflict-affected and fragile states: three African country case studies

  World Bank, 2005

  This report presents the key findings from pilots of the World Bank's Civil Society Assessment Tool (CSAT) in Angola, Guinea Bissau, and Togo. Civil society organisations (CSOs), their government counterparts, and members of rural and urban communities were asked about their activities, resources, and partnerships.
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  Principles for good international engagement in fragile states & situations

  Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2007

  This paper, published by the OECD, outlines a set of ten principles adopted by OECD Ministers in 2007, which it suggests international agencies should share in order to help maximise the positive impact of their engagement in fragile states, and to minimise unintentional harm.
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  The intersection of decentralization and conflict in natural resource management

  International Development Research Centre, 2005

  This study seeks to contribute to the analysis of decentralisation reforms by examining the role of decentralisation in generating, exacerbating or otherwise influencing conflict.
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  Afghanistan: women still under attack: a systematic failure to protect

  Amnesty International, 2005

  This report highlights the failure of the Afghan state to respect, protect and fulfil the rights of women and girls. It seeks to provide examples that highlight the inability, and at times the lack of will, of the government and its institutions to respect, protect and fulfil the rights of women.
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  Paying for protection: the Freeport mine and the Indonesian security forces

  Global Witness, 2005

  This report examines the controversy surrounding the “Freeport” (Freeport McMoRan, Freeport Indonesia) mine’s relationship with Indonesian state security forces in the conflict region of Papua. The Indonesian military has a history of atrocities against civilians and is known to have been involved in corruption and illegal business activities, as have the police.

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