Local Justice in Southern Sudan

Local Justice in Southern Sudan

Friday, September 24, 2010

By: Cherry Leonardi;  Leben Nelson Moro;  Martina Santschi;  Deborah H. Isser

This study is the result of collaboration between the United States Institute of Peace and the Rift Valley Institute (RVI), leveraging the former’s broader work on customary justice and legal pluralism and the latter’s extensive knowledge of the region. This report empirically analyzes the current dynamics of justice at the local level, identifying priorities for reform according to the expressed needs and perceptions of local litigants.

Type: Peaceworks

World Leaders Tackle Global Poverty, Security Issues at United Nations General Assembly

Tuesday, September 21, 2010

By: Liz Harper

In New York, some 8,500 delegates from 192 countries are meeting at the United Nations this week for the summit on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and the U.N. General Assembly. The big issues on the U.N.’s agenda this year include development, peace and security, conflict prevention, human rights, the environment and climate change, and U.N. reform, among others, said Abiodun Williams, vice president of the Center for Conflict Analysis and Prevention at the United States Institute of...

Type: Analysis

Conflict Analysis & PreventionHuman Rights

First Vice President Salva Kiir on the Road Ahead in Sudan

Monday, September 20, 2010

By: Mimi Wiggins Perreault

His Excellency General Salva Kiir Mayardit, first vice president of Sudan and president of the Government of Southern Sudan, met with international leaders, including President Barack Obama, on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York last week about Sudan’s highly anticipated referenda scheduled for January 2011. In advance of the U.N. meetings, Kiir spoke at the United States Institute of Peace on September 20.

Type: Analysis

Conflict Analysis & PreventionMediation, Negotiation & Dialogue

Internal Displacement and Local Peacebuilding in Kenya

Internal Displacement and Local Peacebuilding in Kenya

Friday, September 17, 2010

By: Jacqueline M. Klopp;  Patrick Githinji;  Keffa Karuoya

Since the election in December 2007, Kenya has witnessed an unprecedented degree of postelection violence that has produced large numbers of victims, including hundreds of thousands of internally displaced persons (IDPs). This persistent insecurity linked to mobilized youth, local impunity, and the failure of the police and legal system makes resettlement and reintegration of the displaced dangerous.

Type: Special Report

Human RightsMediation, Negotiation & DialogueYouth

The ICJ’s Advisory Opinion on Kosovo

The ICJ’s Advisory Opinion on Kosovo

Friday, September 17, 2010

By: Richard Caplan

On July 22, 2010, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) issued its long-awaited advisory opinion on the legality of Kosovo’s declaration of independence of February 17, 2008. The expectation had been that the ICJ would offer a mixed ruling that would give some comfort to Serbia and some support to Kosovo. Instead, by a majority of 10 to four, the ICJ concluded that “the adoption of [the] declaration did not violate any applicable rule of international law.” While the advisory opinion will ...

Type: Peace Brief

Conflict Analysis & Prevention

Cautious Optimism for Peace in Colombia

Cautious Optimism for Peace in Colombia

Thursday, September 16, 2010

By: Dr. Virginia M. Bouvier

On August 7, 2010, Juan Manuel Santos, a defense minister under the outgoing administration of President Alvaro Uribe, was inaugurated as Colombia’s new president. Peace issues were largely absent from public debate during the presidential campaign, but unexpectedly surfaced in the final weeks of President Uribe’s incumbency.

Type: Peace Brief

Conflict Analysis & PreventionMediation, Negotiation & Dialogue

Cauteloso optimismo por la paz en Colombia (edición español)

Cauteloso optimismo por la paz en Colombia (edición español)

Thursday, September 16, 2010

By: Dr. Virginia M. Bouvier

El 7 de agosto de 2010, Juan Manuel Santos, Ministro de Defensa durante el gobierno saliente del Presidente Álvaro Uribe, fue investido como nuevo presidente de Colombia. Los temas de paz estuvieron en gran medida ausentes del debate público durante la campaña presidencial, pero emergieron inesperadamente en las últimas semanas de mandato del Presidente Uribe.

Type: Peace Brief

Conflict Analysis & PreventionMediation, Negotiation & Dialogue

Advancing New Media Research

Advancing New Media Research

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

By: Sean Aday;  Henry Farrell;  Marc Lynch;  John Sides

Part of the Blogs and Bullets series of publications from the Center of Innovation for Science, Technology, and Peacebuilding, this special report follows an earlier study by the authors—“Blogs and Bullets: New Media in Contentious Politics” (Peaceworks No. 65)—and is informed by the proceedings from a conference on the same topic held at USIP on July 8, 2010.

Type: Special Report