NGOs and Nonstate Armed Actors

NGOs and Nonstate Armed Actors

Tuesday, July 26, 2011

By: Claudia Hofmann;  Ulrich Schneckener

Two seasoned NGOs engage nonstate combatants on international human rights law to get them to change behaviors, from eliminating use of landmines to protecting civilians. Their work can inform and complement other attempts at engagement.

Type: Special Report

Mediation, Negotiation & Dialogue

Haiti's Progress

Wednesday, July 20, 2011

By: Robert Maguire

Robert Maguire, chairman of the USIP Haiti Working Group and professor at the Elliott School of International Affairs at George Washington University, visited Haiti earlier this month to meet with government officials concerning Haiti’s current political impasse. He provides an update on the situation.

Type: Analysis

Conflict Analysis & PreventionEnvironmentEconomics

At USIP Event, U.S. Calls on Sudan to Halt Violence, Keep Its Promises

Monday, July 18, 2011

By: Thomas Omestad

The government of Sudan should halt its military attacks in border regions adjacent to newly independent South Sudan and meet all of its obligations under the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA), Johnnie Carson, the assistant secretary of state for African affairs, said during a conference at the United States Institute of Peace (USIP) on July 14.

Type: Analysis

Conflict Analysis & PreventionHuman RightsMediation, Negotiation & Dialogue

USIP Update from Baghdad

USIP Update from Baghdad

Thursday, July 14, 2011

By: Sean Kane

A senior USIP team from Washington, D.C. and Baghdad in late June met with male and female Iraqi leaders from across the country's diverse political spectrum as well as with Iraqi youth, civil society and representatives of vulnerable minority groups. USIP’s Sean Kane reports from Baghdad on some of the main themes on the issues of the day which emerged from USIP’s conversations with a cross section of Iraqi leaders.

Type: Analysis

Conflict Analysis & PreventionYouth

Bombings in Mumbai

Thursday, July 14, 2011

By: Moeed Yusuf

USIP’s Moeed Yusuf discusses the tragic bombings in Mumbai, India – and why these sparked immediate international and regional concerns.

Type: Analysis

Human Rights in Syria

Human Rights in Syria

Tuesday, July 12, 2011

By: Mona Yacoubian

USIP Middle East Senior Program Officer, Mona Yacoubian, testified before the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission at the Cannon House Office Building in Washington, DC. The views expressed are those of the author and are not at the U.S. Institute of Peace, which does not take policy positions.

Type: Congressional Testimony

Conflict Analysis & PreventionHuman Rights