Publications
Articles, publications, books, tools and multimedia features from the U.S. Institute of Peace provide the latest news, analysis, research findings, practitioner guides and reports, all related to the conflict zones and issues that are at the center of the Institute’s work to prevent and reduce violent conflict.
Intergroup Dialogue Workshop for Iraqi Facilitators
USIP has conducted the second workshop in a project aimed at fostering cooperation among Iraq´s ethnic and religious groups by training Iraqi facilitators to conduct dialogues among government and civil society leaders.
Negotiation and Conflict Resolution Workshop for Iraqi Women: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)
Anne Henderson of the USIP Professional Training Program offered a one-day conflict management seminar for participants in a program for visiting Iraqi women. The program was sponsored by the Women's Alliance for a Free and Democratic Iraq and the Iraqi Women's Caucus.
Donor Activities and Civil Society Potential in Iraq
The $87 billion Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense and for the Reconstruction of Iraq and Afghanistan, 2004, signed by President Bush on November 6, 2003 (Public Law 108-106) made available to the United States Institute of Peace $10 million for “activities supporting peace enforcement, peacekeeping and post-conflict peacebuilding” in Iraq. Aiming at identifying areas in which the Institute might provide added value, the Institute undertook a preliminary mapping of donor ac...
Donor Activities and Civil Society Potential in Iraq (Arabic Edition)
Summary The rebuilding of Iraq is the most far-reaching reconstruction enterprise since the efforts in Europe and Japan at the conclusion of World War II. The vast bulk of the civilian Iraq funding is being spent in rehabilitating physical infrastructure. About $730 million is now programmed for democracy, civil society, human rights, and refugees, including the Institute’s conflict management activities.
Fourth Workshop with Senior Iraqi National Security Officials
The fourth USIP workshop was the largest yet; 57 Iraqis trained with the Institute. Many were Defense Ministry officials or military officers who had just completed a week of training at the National Defense University (NDU)´s Near East - South Asia Center for Strategic Studies (NESA) on the fundamentals of running an effective ministry and on civil/military relations in a democratic society characterized by the rule of law.
Building the Iraqi Special Tribunal: Lessons from Experiences in International Criminal Justice
A process is now underway in Iraq to establish a new institution, the Iraqi Special Tribunal, that will try members of the former regime for serious violations of international and Iraqi law. The United States Institute of Peace’s Rule of Law Program is engaged in an ongoing effort to facilitate the development of this Tribunal in a way that contributes to justice and reconciliation in Iraq, operates efficiently, and adheres to a high standard of due process.
Building the Iraqi Special Tribunal: Lessons from Experiences in International Criminal Justice (Arabic Edition)
Summary On December 10, 2003, the Iraqi Governing Council adopted the "Statute of the Iraqi Special Tribunal," providing the legal foundation and laying out the jurisdiction and basic structure for the Tribunal that will be responsible for prosecuting acts of genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes committed in Iraq between 1968 and 2003.
Workshop with Senior Iraqi National Security Officials on Building Iraq's Future
In the third of a series of workshops for Iraqi national security officials, USIP hosted twenty Iraqis, most of whom are occupying senior leadership positions in Iraq´s Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Justice, and Defense/Joint Headquarters.
Intergroup Dialogue workshop in Iraq
USIP has launched the first phase of its two-year project to foster cooperation among Iraq's ethnic and religious groups by training Iraqi facilitators to conduct results-oriented dialogues among government and civil society leaders.
Post-Conflict Iraq: A Race for Stability, Reconstruction, and Legitimacy
This report analyzes the institutional and social components that shape the politics of reconstruction in Iraq today. It chronicles the evolution of the Coalition Provisional Authority and the Governing Council, the dilemmas of dismantling the structures of state power consolidated under Saddam Hussein, the emergence of a vibrant civil society, and the tensions inherent in a new political order.