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    The International Peace Institute (IPI) is an independent, international not-for-profit think tank dedicated to managing risk and building resilience to promote peace, security, and sustainable development. To achieve its purpose, IPI employs a mix of policy research, strategic analysis, publishing, and convening. With staff from more than twenty countries and a broad range of academic fields, IPI has offices facing United Nations headquarters in New York and offices in Vienna and Manama.

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News, Events, Publications about Human Rights

  • 06-14-2016

    ICM Public Consultation: Justice, Human Rights, and the International Legal System

    On Tuesday, June 14th, the Independent Commission on Multilateralism (ICM) hosted its final Public Consultation on the Discussion Paper, “Justice, Human Rights, and the International Legal System.”The past three decades have seen significant developments with respect to international criminal justice, including for serious and widespread violations of human rights. The Security Council has played a […]

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    Human Rights, Multilateral System, Peace and Justice
  • Panel Discussions 09-26-2014

    Putting Human Rights at Forefront of UN Agenda: 7th Annual Trygve Lie Symposium

    “The prevention of grave human rights violations must be an immediate and urgent priority for the international community,” said Norwegian Foreign Minister Børge Brende at IPI on September 26th. “Governments have the primary responsibility to promote and protect human rights.”Mr. Brende spoke at the Seventh Annual Trygve Lie Symposium organized jointly by IPI and the […]

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    Atrocity Prevention, Human Rights
  • Speaker Events 06-18-2014

    Šimonović: Human Rights Situation in Ukraine Deteriorating

    The human rights situation in Ukraine is deteriorating, with the number of unlawful detentions, casualties, and enforced disappearances increasing across the country, according to the latest UN report released by the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in Geneva and at IPI on June 18th.Ivan Šimonović, UN Assistant Secretary-General on Human […]

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    Human Rights, Humanitarian Affairs
  • Speaker Events 12-19-2013

    Mtetwa: Fighting Against the Odds for Human Rights in Zimbabwe

    Despite newly promised constitutional protections, there are many challenges facing the human rights community in Zimbabwe, according to Beatrice Mtetwa, a prominent Zimbabwean human rights lawyer. She spoke on advancing the rule of law in Zimbabwe during an African Leaders Series event at the International Peace Institute on December 19th.Highly contested, Zimbabwe’s national elections on […]

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    Human Rights, Rule of Law
  • Panel Discussions 12-11-2013

    USG Haq: Human Rights Part of United Nations’ DNA

    Human rights has become such an integral part of UN peacekeeping missions over the last decade that it is “part of our DNA,” said Ameerah Haq during a policy forum at the International Peace Institute on December 11th. At the event, Ms. Haq, Under-Secretary-General at the UN Department of Field Support, joined other experts to […]

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    Human Rights
  • Panel Discussions 11-07-2012

    UN Human Rights Work on the Ground

    Roger Nash spent two years in 11 countries gathering over 400 interviews for a book-length report that examines the work and influence of the UN’s Human Rights presence on the ground. He presented his report at an IPI event entitled “Making Human Rights Real” on November 7, 2012. “The work that happens in the field […]

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    Human Rights
  • Speaker Events 10-22-2012

    Rapporteur Ahmed Shaheed: Human Rights Worsening in Iran

    The Universal Declaration of Human Rights respects the rights of all individuals without bias to ethnicity, gender or religion, but Iran has abandoned this compact, explained Ahmed Shaheed, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights Situation in Iran, at an IPI event on October 22, 2012.Dr. Shaheed is the author of a 23-page report […]

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    Human Rights
  • Conferences 11-01-2011

    Accountability for Humanitarian/ Human Rights Law Violations

    On November 1st, IPI hosted a one-day workshop, co-organized with the Permanent Mission of Portugal to the United Nations and the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), to review the UN Security Council’s efforts at enhancing accountability for better protection of civilians in armed conflict.Entitled “Accountability and Fact-Finding Mechanisms for Violations of […]

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    Human Rights, Humanitarian Affairs
  • Books 01-14-2008by Agnès Hurwitz and Reyko Huang

    Civil War and the Rule of Law: Security, Development, Human Rights

    How do rule of law programs contribute to conflict management? What strategies best address the challenges to securing the rule of law in fragile countries?What place do rule of law policies have in efforts to achieve stable and equitable development? This book addresses these fundamental questions, analyzing rule of law programs in the context of […]

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    Human Rights, Humanitarian Affairs, Peacebuilding, Peacekeeping, Rule of Law, Sustainable Development
  • Panel Discussions 04-20-2009

    Human Rights and Counterterrorism: The Role of the UN

    On April 20th, the International Peace Institute hosted a lunchtime policy forum on “Human Rights and Counterterrorism: The Role of the UN.” IPI Vice President and Director of External Relations Warren Hoge welcomed a record 125 people to IPI’s Trygve Lie Center and, following his remarks, Ambassador Claude Heller of Mexico discussed the UN’s role […]

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    Human Rights, Violent Extremism
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