Publications & Tools
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Gender and Peacebuilding Center Director, Kathleen Kuehnast, discusses USIP's focus on women's equality in 2011 and looks ahead at the gender projects USIP will work on in 2012. |
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Assistant Secretary of State Johnnie Carson tells a USIP audience at an event in December about the deployment of American military forces to Uganda to pursue the Josephy Kony and the Lord's Resistance Army. Countries: Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, The Two Sudans, Uganda
| Issue Areas: Conflict Analysis and Prevention, Mediation and Facilitation, Training
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USIP trained hundreds of African peacekeepers in seven nations this year in how to negotiate and mediate the peace. |
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Money spent on peace is an “investment” that will eventually “mature,” said Congressman John Garamendi (D-CA) at the U.S. Institute of Peace on Oct. 27, bringing both short- and long-term gains to the United States and countries around the world. Garamendi, who served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Ethiopia from 1966 to 1968, offered his remarks at a USIP event marking the 50th anniversary of the Peace Corps’ founding. Countries: Afghanistan, Africa, Guinea, Iraq, Kenya, Liberia, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Uganda
| Issue Areas: Education, Post-Conflict and Peacekeeping Activities, Training
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The United States Institute of Peace’s Truth Commissions Digital Collection is part of the Margarita S. Studemeister Digital Library in International Conflict Management. The collection contains profiles of truth commissions and substantive bodies of inquiry from nations worldwide - offering general background information on the composition of each body, links to the official legislative texts establishing such commissions, and each commission's final reports and findings. Countries: Africa, Algeria, Asia, Brazil, Burundi, Chad, Congo, Republic of the, El Salvador, Europe, Germany, Ghana, Haiti, Kenya, Liberia, Montenegro, Morocco, Nepal, Nigeria, Panama, Paraguay, Rwanda, Serbia, Sierra Leone, South Africa, South America, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Timor Leste, Uganda, Uruguay
| Issue Areas: Conflict Analysis and Prevention, Human Rights, Post-Conflict and Peacekeeping Activities, Rule of Law
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This report examines women’s roles in peacebuilding, postconflict reconstruction, and economic development. It draws on discussions at the conference on "The Role of Women in Global Security," held in Copenhagen on October 29–30, 2010, and co-hosted by the U.S. Embassy in Denmark and the Royal Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs in partnership with the U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP). Ambassador Laurie S. Fulton, U.S. Ambassador to Denmark and former member of USIP’s board, brought together participants from the United States, Nordic-Baltic countries, Afghanistan, Liberia, and Uganda to focus on the roles that women can play as leaders in areas of active conflict and postconflict. |
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On May 26-27, 2010, Deloitte Consulting LLP and USIP co-sponsored a conference entitled Conflict and Post-Conflict Governance: The Stakeholder Perspective. The purpose was to draw upon the experiences of national politicians, mayors and civil society in conflict-affected countries to help improve technical assistance programs in the transition from war to peace. Countries: Africa, Uganda
| Issue Areas: Political Reform, Post-Conflict and Peacekeeping Activities, Security Sector Reform/Governance
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On October 12, at the United Nations General Assembly Hall -- the storied room in which world diplomacy is conducted -- an audience of approximately 800 guests watched the world premiere of the documentary "Children of War.” In November 2009, USIP co-hosted the film's first Washington, D.C. screening and tonight's event at the U.N. boosted the film's momentum to generate awareness of and action to end the plight of child soldiers. |
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Analyzing nineteen cases, Framing the State in Times of Transition offers the first in-depth, practical perspective on the implications of constitution-making procedure, and explores emerging international legal norms. Countries: Afghanistan, Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Brazil, Cambodia, Colombia, Eritrea, Fiji, Hungary, Iraq, Namibia, Nicaragua, Poland, South Africa, Spain, Timor Leste, Uganda, Venezuela, Zimbabwe
| Issue Areas: Post-Conflict and Peacekeeping Activities, Rule of Law
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Uganda has just agreed to a peace agreement between the government and the rebel Lord’s Resistance Army after more than two decades of brutal conflict. Yet complex issues of transitional justice remain and must be resolved to facilitate national reconciliation. |