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.
Model Codes for Post-Conflict Criminal Justice
Working in cooperation with the Irish Centre for Human Rights (ICHR), the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), and the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), USIP launched the Model Codes for Post-Conflict Criminal Justice Project in 2001. The model codes are being published in a three volume series. This book below, the second volume, was published in Summer 2008 and contains the Model Code of Criminal Procedure that details the rules and procedures that govern the inv...
Monitoring Election- and Gender-Based Violence in Haiti
USIP has teamed up with Digital Democracy to train women activists in Haiti to monitor and report violence in their communities.
Praise for "Rewiring Regional Security in a Fragmented World"
“Rewiring Regional Security in a Fragmented World captures the variety of security challenges and the diversity of conflict management practice across the regions. Featuring regional voices, this timely and innovative volume will help students and practitioners grasp the global conversations taking place on conflict and security issues. The editors are surely correct to conclude that we live in an age where security is divisible but collective action is more necessary than ever.”
"Rewiring Regional Security in a Fragmented World"
What changes have led to a rewiring of regional security, and what do you mean by “rewiring”? How have views of security expanded during the past twenty years? Why is it so important to look at security challenges from a regional perspective?
Praise for "Customary Justice and the Rule of Law in War-Torn Societies"
“Brilliantly structured, this important book provides a realistic, honest, and original analysis of the tension between universal human rights and customary justice in post-conflict societies. I...
Praise for "International Mediation in Venezuela"
“All too often, our understanding of conflict dynamics in a given region is from 80,000 feet up and we thus miss the local texture of relationships that matter on the ground, as well as the non-linear events that can both benefit or plague peacebuilding. This book is the opposite—it is a cliff-hanger, telling the story of the role of international third parties intervening in the Venezuelan conflict (2002–2004) from the perspective of two of the third party actors. The narrative is rich in c...
"International Mediation in Venezuela"
What was the situation in Venezuela at the start of the Carter Center’s intervention? What did the Carter Center aim to achieve in Venezuela? The ultimate goal of preventing violence was achieved by the intervention, but the underlying issues producing polarization and new forms of political exclusion were not resolved. What explains the mixed results of such an unusual international intervention?
"Customary Justice and the Rule of Law in War-Torn Societies"
What dilemma does customary justice present to international justice actors and how does this volume address it? What challenges or constraints do rule-of-law practitioners face when engaging customary justice systems? What are the arguments against engaging with customary justice systems? Why is it so important for international justice practitioners to take customary justice systems into account? What principles does the volume set forth to guide policy and programming in environmen...
Security Sector Reform Working Group
The Security Sector Reform (SSR) Working Group convenes public meetings to discuss critical issues related to the reform of police and military forces and their supervising institutions in conflict-affected countries.
Praise for "Negotiating Peace and Confronting Corruption"
“This book effectively analyses the characteristics and effects of building anticorruption provisions into negotiated settlements in post civil war situations.” —Jens Andvig, Research Professor, Department of International Economics, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs “The enduring prevalence of corruption in conflict-affected countries is frequently bemoaned, but rarely addressed in ways that lead to its reduction. Bert Spector’s Negotiating Peace and Confronting Corruption fil...