How are humanitarian workers able to achieve meaningful engagement with armed groups at a time when they are multiplying, fragmenting, unstructured, and fighting in coalitions of state- and non-state armed groups?These conflict scenarios informed a November…
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“Listen to what refugees are telling us” was the simple advice that Volker Türk, Assistant High Commissioner for Protection at the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), gave to an IPI meeting on November 2nd on Addressing Contemporary Protection Challenges in Complex Crises.He spoke at a time when displacement has reached critical dimensions, with 68.5 million […]
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“Violent conflict is on the rise,” said Jake Sherman, Director of IPI’s Brian Urquhart Center for Peace Operations, adding that the proliferation of small arms is enabling high levels of violence and criminality in post-conflict environments. Mr. Sherman was moderating an October 25th policy forum on the topic of conventional arms control in preventing conflicts […]
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The year 2020 will mark the 20th anniversary of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace, and Security (WPS). Despite two decades of WPS policy development and commitments, women’s meaningful participation at all decision-making levels lags due to structural barriers, lack of access to political arenas, and even threats to women who attempt […]
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This year marks the twentieth anniversary of the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement, an international framework that authoritatively restates the rights of internally displaced persons (IDPs). This presents an opportunity to put the plight of IDPs back on the radar of the international community. At the same time, the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development presents […]
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