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Emergency Law Responses to Covid-19 and the Impact on Peace and Transition Processes

The World Health Organization declared the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic on 11 March 2020. This global health crisis demanded a quick, decisive and efficient response by governments to...

Accommodation of National Minorities Involved in Territorial Conflicts

The PA-X Spotlight Series addresses questions regarding comparative peace processes, asked by those seeking to influence peace and transition processes. Each Spotlight provides brief comparative material regarding a key...

Pandemic Pauses: Understanding Ceasefires in a Time of Covid-19

On 23 March 2020, the UN Secretary General (UNSG) Antonio Guterres called for an immediate global ceasefire, to help tackle the threat of Covid-19 rather than compound the risk...

China in Transitionary Myanmar: Challenging paths to democratization and peace

The recent military coup in Myanmar reversed a decade-long experiment towards incremental political liberalization. At the same time, it also brought China’s engagement there back into the spotlight, and...

Models for Women’s Inclusion in Track One Mediation in Peace and Transition Processes

Authors: Christine Bell and Catherine Turner This paper focuses on modalities for ensuring that women and gender advocates have direct access to ‘Track 1’ peace and transition process talks...

National Human Rights Institutions and Post-Conflict Settings: An Emerging Research...

The potential contributions that National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) can make in post-conflict settings has drawn increased attention from academics and practitioners alike. For some, NHRIs can assume positive...

The Humanitarian Civilian: How the Idea of Distinction Circulates Within and Beyond...

In international humanitarian law (IHL), the principle of distinction delineates the difference between the civilian and the combatant, and it safeguards the former from being intentionally targeted in armed...

State Responses to Social Unrest: Pathways out of Crisis

This report provides a short introduction to inform thinking on how social crisis ends, and the types of initiatives that help to bring it to conclusion. It begins by...

Embracing State Security: The Peace and Security Norms and Structures of the Organisation...

This chapter examines the reasoning behind particular peace and security norms at the advent of the OAU and the implications of these norms for the institutions and policies of...

A Survey on the Impact of Covid-19 on the Situation of Syrian Refugees in the Kurdistan...

This survey has been conducted to investigate the impact of the pandemic and its ramifications on the refugee community in the KRI. It has been conducted solely among the...

African Peace: Regional norms from the Organization of African Unity to the African Union

African regional organizations have played leading roles in constructing collective conflict management rules for the continent, but these rules or norms have not been static. Currently, the African Union...

Protecting Women's Rights in Conflict: New Developments and Next Steps in the Synergy...

In 2013, the Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women adopted its landmark General Recommendation No. 30 on the rights of women in conflict prevention,...