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Searching with a thematic focus on Conflict and security, Governance, Good governance human rights in Ghana

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    NHRI: defenders of human rights, managers of conflict, builders of peace? National Human Rights Institutions in Afric

    Centre for Conflict Resolution, University of Cape Town (UCT), 2005
    The period since the 1990s has been called the age of national human rights institutions. During this time, the world has witnessed a rapid proliferation of state-sponsored bodies mandated to protect and promote human rights. One kind of institution has become particularly popular: the national human rights commission.
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    Separating traditional and state power to prevent ethnic conflict in Ghana

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2008
    Ghana is often seen as an oasis of stability exempt from the ethnic conflict that plagues much of Africa. Yet in the 1990s, thousands died during violence between different ethnic groups in the Northern Region. Preventing future conflict will require the clarification of the roles of political and traditional leaders.
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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.