With the Central African Republic (CAR) steeped in ethnic and inter-religious violence, a group of UN officials, government representatives, and members of civil society gathered at IPI on June 23rd …

The swift and destructive advance of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) into Iraq could affect the ongoing conflict in neighboring Syria, as ISIS’ seizure of Iraqi military equipment and finan…

A peacekeeper with the UN mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) walks towards the wreckage of a UN vehicle that was hit the previous year in an ambush by rebel militia. (UN Photo/…

Volker Türk, Director of International Protection at the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), told an IPI audience that rudimentary state structures and immediate life-threaten…

A man breaks down in tears after surviving an attack on his village north of Bangui, September 11, 2013. (UNHCR/ B. Heger) “When I left two weeks ago, the situation was still extremely complex and…

Abdou Dieng, the former Senior Humanitarian Coordinator for the Central African Republic (CAR), said at IPI that relocation within the country is currently the only option for thousands of civili…

ICC Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda addresses the ICC's Assembly of State Parties, the Hague, November 14, 2012. (Roberta Celi/Flickr) As massive human rights violations, ethnic killings, and large-scal…

A Syrian refugee washes dishes using a hose rigged from a neighboring house, Bebnine, Lebanon, 2013. (Fafo) Before the war in Syria, men dominated almost all aspects of society outside the home, an…

In Bor, South Sudan, people fleeing ongoing clashes board boats headed for Minkammen, February 27, 2014. (Mohammed Elshamy/Flickr) The mass atrocities in Rwanda and Srebrenica provided “a shock to …

Soldiers from the Rwandan Defense Force arrive in Bangui to join the African-led International Support Mission to the Central African Republic (MISCA), January 17, 2014. (US Army Africa/Tom Byrd) …