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The Protection of Civilians in African-led and UN-led Peace Operations

IPI and the Permanent Mission of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to the United Nations cohosted a policy forum on March 13th on “The Protection of Civilians in African-led and UN-led Peace Operations.”The purpose of this event was to discuss how the…
The United Nations–African Union Partnership and the Protection of Civilians

The landscape of peace operations in Africa has transformed over the past decade, including a marked increase in African-led peace support operations (PSOs). Since the early 2000s, the African Union (AU) and UN have evolved distinct, albeit parallel,…
The Primacy of Politics at the Local Level in UN Peace Operations

The “primacy of politics” has become a central tenet of UN peacekeeping. This reflects a broad recognition that peacekeeping operations should be deployed in support of a political solution to conflict. In practice, however, the primacy of politics is…
A Transformative Evening of Reflection, Hope, and Peacebuilding at IPI with Combatants for Peace

The Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR) Section of the UN Department of Peace Operations’ (DPO) Office of Rule of Law and Security Institutions (OROLSI) and IPI cohosted a film screening of the documentary There Is Another Way followed by…
Enhancing Women’s Meaningful Involvement in Reintegration: Lessons from Cameroon

Gender-sensitive approaches to disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration (DDR) processes tend to focus on the exclusion of women as participants in DDR programs. There has been less attention to including women’s civil society organizations (CSOs) in…

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Books 10-19-2001by Elizabeth M. Cousens and Charles K. Cater

Toward Peace in Bosnia: Implementing the Dayton Accords

When the Dayton peace agreement was signed in 1995, there were expectations among the signatories, the Bosnian population, and the international community alike that the pact would not only end conflict among Bosnia’s three armies, but also establish a political and social foundation for more robust peace. Recognizing that the latter goal—incorporating political reform and […]
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Peace Processes
Meeting Notes 10-14-2001by International Peace Institute

Regional Approaches to Conflict Management in Africa

This report presents a summary of the presentations and discussions during a meeting of the UN Security Council, members of the UN Secretariat, and a select group of experts on conflict management efforts in Africa held on August 8, 2001.
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Meeting Notes 10-13-2001by Elizabeth Diaz and Lotta Hagman, rapporteurs

Towards Comprehensive Peacebuilding

Based on IPA [now IPI] 2001 New York Seminar, May 7-10, 2001.Download
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Peacebuilding
Meeting Notes 09-13-2001by Jake Sherman, rapporteur

Private Sector Actors in Zones of Conflict: Research Challenges and Policy Responses

A report based on an expert workshop held on April 19, 2001, and co-sponsored by the Fafo Institute for Applied Social Science Programme for International Cooperation and Conflict Resolution (PICCR) and the International Peace Academy [now International Peace Institute] Program on Economic Agendas in Civil Wars.Download
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The Protection of Civilians in African-led and UN-led Peace Operations

The United Nations–African Union Partnership and the Protection of Civilians

The Primacy of Politics at the Local Level in UN Peace Operations

A Transformative Evening of Reflection, Hope, and Peacebuilding at IPI with Combatants for Peace

Enhancing Women’s Meaningful Involvement in Reintegration: Lessons from Cameroon

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Toward Peace in Bosnia: Implementing the Dayton Accords

Regional Approaches to Conflict Management in Africa

Towards Comprehensive Peacebuilding

Private Sector Actors in Zones of Conflict: Research Challenges and Policy Responses

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