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Upcoming Events

	February 15, 2012 Justice for Haiti Street crime, drug trafficking, rape and gang violence jeopardize Haiti’s tenuous recovery. One major obstacle to recovery is Haiti’s challenged justice system. Courts are dysfunctional, prisons overcapacity and corruption endemic. Haiti’s criminal codes date back to the 1860s and do not meet international human rights standards. In 2008, USIP was invited by the Haitian government to support the drafting of a new set of criminal codes. The revised codes are expected to go before the Haitian Parliament in 2012. On February 15, USIP will host a public event to discuss justice in Haiti and the path forward for judicial reform. Countries: Haiti \| Issue Areas: Political Reform
	February 15, 2012 A Conversation With the New Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan to the U.S., Ambassador Sherry Rehman USIP is honored to host Ambassador Sherry Rehman, the Islamic Republic of Pakistan’s Ambassador to the U.S., for a conversation on Pakistan and the Pakistan-U.S. relationship. This discussion, Ambassador Rehman’s first public speaking engagement to a Washington policy audience since her arrival in Washington, also marks the first time a Pakistani official has spoken publicly in Washington since the November NATO airstrike on a Pakistani border post that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers. Countries: Pakistan \| Issue Areas: Conflict Analysis and Prevention
	February 16, 2012 A Year of Turmoil: The Arab Uprisings and the Challenges of Reconstruction The uprisings in the Middle East and North Africa have been accompanied by horrific levels of violence, particularly in Libya, Yemen and Syria. Post-authoritarian transitions will require a focus not only on building the institutions needed to sustain democracies, but also a focus on the myriad issues associated with post-conflict reconstruction.Please join Ambassador William B. Taylor, special coordinator for Middle East Transitions at the U.S. Department of State and Ellen Laipson, President and CEO of the Stimson Center for the second in a series of breakfast briefings organized by the United States Institute of Peace in partnership with the Defense Education Forum of the Reserve Officers Association. Countries: Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Israel and the Palestinian Territories, Syria, United States, Yemen \| Issue Areas: Economics and Conflict, Negotiation and Diplomacy, Post-Conflict and Peacekeeping Activities, Security Sector Reform/Governance, Youth and Peacebuilding
	February 16, 2012 Women, Peace and Security in Afghanistan: Prospects on the Way Forward The Embassy of Finland together with the U.S. Institute of Peace cordially invite you to a panel discussion on Women, Peace, and Security in Afghanistan: Prospects on the Way Forward. The discussion will offer a timely follow-up to the International Afghanistan Conference held in Bonn in December 2011. The panelists representing the governments of Afghanistan, Finland and the United States, as well as Afghan civil society will examine ways to better ensure an active role for women in the current peace processes and reconstruction efforts. Countries: Afghanistan, Finland \| Issue Areas: Gender and Peacebuilding
	February 29, 2012 Policing Iraq Under Saddam Hussein, a complex web of intelligence and security institutions protected the regime and repressed the Iraqi people. Underfunded and mismanaged, the Iraqi police were least among those institutions and unprepared to secure the streets when Coalition Forces arrived in 2003 and disbanded the rest of the security apparatus. Iraq’s police forces have made important strides, and some 400,000 Iraqi police have been trained and stationed across the country. However, with the U.S. drawdown in Iraq, the future of the Iraqi police and U.S. police assistance is uncertain. On February 29, the United States Institute of Peace and the Institute for the Study of War will co-host a panel of distinguished experts who will discuss the history of the Iraqi police and the U.S. police assistance program in Iraq. Countries: Iraq \| Issue Areas: Post-Conflict and Peacekeeping Activities, Security Sector Reform/Governance

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	February 15, 2012 Justice for Haiti Street crime, drug trafficking, rape and gang violence jeopardize Haiti’s tenuous recovery. One major obstacle to recovery is Haiti’s challenged justice system. Courts are dysfunctional, prisons overcapacity and corruption endemic. Haiti’s criminal codes date back to the 1860s and do not meet international human rights standards. In 2008, USIP was invited by the Haitian government to support the drafting of a new set of criminal codes. The revised codes are expected to go before the Haitian Parliament in 2012. On February 15, USIP will host a public event to discuss justice in Haiti and the path forward for judicial reform. Countries: Haiti \| Issue Areas: Political Reform
	February 15, 2012 A Conversation With the New Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan to the U.S., Ambassador Sherry Rehman USIP is honored to host Ambassador Sherry Rehman, the Islamic Republic of Pakistan’s Ambassador to the U.S., for a conversation on Pakistan and the Pakistan-U.S. relationship. This discussion, Ambassador Rehman’s first public speaking engagement to a Washington policy audience since her arrival in Washington, also marks the first time a Pakistani official has spoken publicly in Washington since the November NATO airstrike on a Pakistani border post that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers. Countries: Pakistan \| Issue Areas: Conflict Analysis and Prevention
	February 16, 2012 A Year of Turmoil: The Arab Uprisings and the Challenges of Reconstruction The uprisings in the Middle East and North Africa have been accompanied by horrific levels of violence, particularly in Libya, Yemen and Syria. Post-authoritarian transitions will require a focus not only on building the institutions needed to sustain democracies, but also a focus on the myriad issues associated with post-conflict reconstruction.Please join Ambassador William B. Taylor, special coordinator for Middle East Transitions at the U.S. Department of State and Ellen Laipson, President and CEO of the Stimson Center for the second in a series of breakfast briefings organized by the United States Institute of Peace in partnership with the Defense Education Forum of the Reserve Officers Association. Countries: Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Israel and the Palestinian Territories, Syria, United States, Yemen \| Issue Areas: Economics and Conflict, Negotiation and Diplomacy, Post-Conflict and Peacekeeping Activities, Security Sector Reform/Governance, Youth and Peacebuilding
	February 16, 2012 Women, Peace and Security in Afghanistan: Prospects on the Way Forward The Embassy of Finland together with the U.S. Institute of Peace cordially invite you to a panel discussion on Women, Peace, and Security in Afghanistan: Prospects on the Way Forward. The discussion will offer a timely follow-up to the International Afghanistan Conference held in Bonn in December 2011. The panelists representing the governments of Afghanistan, Finland and the United States, as well as Afghan civil society will examine ways to better ensure an active role for women in the current peace processes and reconstruction efforts. Countries: Afghanistan, Finland \| Issue Areas: Gender and Peacebuilding
	February 29, 2012 Policing Iraq Under Saddam Hussein, a complex web of intelligence and security institutions protected the regime and repressed the Iraqi people. Underfunded and mismanaged, the Iraqi police were least among those institutions and unprepared to secure the streets when Coalition Forces arrived in 2003 and disbanded the rest of the security apparatus. Iraq’s police forces have made important strides, and some 400,000 Iraqi police have been trained and stationed across the country. However, with the U.S. drawdown in Iraq, the future of the Iraqi police and U.S. police assistance is uncertain. On February 29, the United States Institute of Peace and the Institute for the Study of War will co-host a panel of distinguished experts who will discuss the history of the Iraqi police and the U.S. police assistance program in Iraq. Countries: Iraq \| Issue Areas: Post-Conflict and Peacekeeping Activities, Security Sector Reform/Governance