Since the Security Council first recognized conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV) as a threat to international peace and security in 2008, the UN has developed an increasing number of pathways to prevent and respond to such crimes. One of these is the…
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The UN does not act alone in conflict prevention. It is important for the UN to identify other actors with comparative advantages in certain aspects of conflict prevention, and to partner wisely with them.
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A case study report from IPI’s Civil Society Project recounting the efforts of civil society actors including human rights groups, media, and women’s, religious, and student groups to foster peace, reconciliation, and democracy in Liberia.The holding of democratic elections in July 1997 marked the end of Liberia’s brutal seven-year civil war. The end of the […]
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Drawing upon the experience of international attempts to build lasting peace in Haiti and Guatemala, and also upon IPI’s research and facilitation work in Haiti, the report offers some conclusions regarding the circumstances under which democratization and peacebuilding can become mutually reinforcing in fragile societies.
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A report from the Project on Prevention, drawing out central lessons for the UN and other preventive actors from case studies on Kenya, Fiji, Tanzania, Tajikistan, Burundi, Georgia, East Timor, Liberia, and Colombia.
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