Items related to "Human Security Gateway: Project". Fri, 16 May 2008 0:30:14 +0000 Fri, 16 May 2008 0:30:14 +0000 robert_hartfiel@sfu.ca (Robert Hartfiel) Wed, 14 May 2008 12:39:03 -0700 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=24353 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=24353 In late 2006, the European Union awarded Oxford Research Group, the Middle East Policy Initiative Forum (MEPIF) and Conflicts Forum €500,000 over two years under its Partnerships for Peace programme. This project is designed to help develop more inclusive and legitimate approaches to transforming the Middle East conflict. The landscape of conflict and security is shifting across the Middle East. This project aims to support a new, inclusive approach to the Arab-Israeli conflict by opening new space for consultations among legitimate yet opposed stakeholders through civil society-brokered dialogue, analysis and engagement. The goal is to explore accommodations grounded in real support in the societies. The action will engage rooted elements of Palestinian and Israeli societies and stakeholders from the wider region, including faith-based movements. SOURCE: Oxford Research Group Oxford Research Group Wed, 14 May 2008 12:38:00 -0700 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=24352 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=24352 Since the horrific events of 9/11, Western leaders have held up international terrorism as the greatest threat to world security. However, it is not enough to simply insist that terrorism is the greatest threat to the world, when the evidence does not support this claim. In fact, our research paints a very different picture of the fundamental threats that we all face, with these threats coming from four interconnected trends: 1) Climate change Displacement of peoples, severe natural disasters and food shortages, leading to much higher levels of migration, increased human suffering and greater social unrest. 2) Competition over resources Competition for increasingly scarce resources, especially from unstable parts of the world – such as oil from the Persian Gulf. 3) Marginalisation of the majority world Increasing socio-economic divisions and the marginalisation of the vast majority of the world’s population. 4) Global militarisation The increased use of military force and the further spread of military technologies (including weapons of WMD). SOURCE: Oxford Research Group Oxford Research Group Fri, 09 May 2008 11:23:08 -0700 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=24275 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=24275 In the course of its 15-year effort to catalog what is now known about strategies for constructively handling destructive, intractable conflict, the Beyond Intractability project and its parent, the Conflict Information Consortium,* have identified a great many areas in which innovative, new approaches are desperately needed. This has led us to identify 20 broad challenges that we believe lie at the "frontier" of the conflict, peace, and security fields. While some of these challenges involve the acquisition of new knowledge, others focus on overcoming obstacles to the utilization of existing knowledge. After all, great ideas are of little value unless obstacles to their implementation can be overcome. SOURCE: Beyond Intractability Beyond Intractability Fri, 02 May 2008 10:00:32 -0700 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=24075 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=24075 The term "peacebuilding" is used by many NGOs to mean post-violence peace work with grassroots citizens. Others use the term to mean bridge building between disputing groups throughout the conflict process, from the very early stages of the conflict, through escalation, stalemate, de-escalation, settlement, and finally, reconciliation. This website provides a wealth of resources for peacebuilders working at any stage of difficult or intractable conflicts. Included are: essays on the nature of conflicts, which are important for peacebuilders to understand in order to be able to intervene in these conflicts most effectively; essays on peace processes, including an introductory essay on peacebuilding that is likely to be of interest to new peacebuilders; essays on associated processes. SOURCE: Beyond Intractability Beyond Intractability Mon, 28 Apr 2008 14:42:24 -0700 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=23950 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=23950 The project aims to explore the field of international mediation in internal armed conflicts by: Conducting comparative studies on the questions of selection, strategies and outcome of international mediation; Discuss the experiences and ‘lessons learned’ of individual mediators; Gather the experiences from “academic mediation” SOURCE: Uppsala University // Department of Peace and Conflict Research Uppsala University // Department of Peace and Conflict Research Wed, 23 Apr 2008 13:06:25 -0700 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=23835 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=23835 Since the publication of the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement in 1998 and following their comprehensive dissemination, a small but growing number of national governments have begun to express their commitment to addressing internal displacement, protecting the rights of the internally displaced, and implementing the Guiding Principles through national legislation and policy. This website contains a compilation and summary of national laws, policies, decrees and other official documents relating to internal displacement. Obtained from publicly available websites, as well as through the generous assistance of governmental and non-governmental representatives in-country, the website currently covers over fifty documents from twenty countries. This list is not exhaustive and will be updated as new laws and policies become publicly available and as new instruments are adopted. SOURCE: Brookings-Bern Project on Internal Displacement Brookings-Bern Project on Internal Displacement Tue, 22 Apr 2008 13:12:29 -0700 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=23809 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=23809 World is Witness, a new “geoblog” from the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum's Genocide Prevention Mapping Initiative, in partnership with Google Earth, documents and maps genocide and related crimes against humanity. The initial entries are from a recent Museum visit to Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to learn about the legacies of Rwanda’s 1994 genocide. Visit us again soon for more posts from the field. SOURCE: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Mon, 14 Apr 2008 13:13:28 -0700 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=23596 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=23596 The Basis Project is a new, England-wide service giving support to refugee community organisations SOURCE: The Basis Project The Basis Project Thu, 10 Apr 2008 12:44:11 -0700 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=23547 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=23547 The website was launched and designed especially for political scientists, researchers, and readers in need to learn more about political parties’ development in the Arab world. Moreover, it is a non-profit, non-partisan, non-ideological and non-political website; its only purpose is diffusing knowledge about the evolution of the Arab political parties. The website is permanently supplied by the most recent findings of the research teams; therefore, the entire updates are disseminated and are available for every visitor. Furthermore, we give the visitors the opportunity to disseminate their studies and writings, related to political parties, on this website. In addition, any organization, institution and research center involved in a similar topic, can link its webpage through our website, thus offering a multiplicity of materials and references to the visitors. SOURCE: Arab Political Parties Studies Arab Political Parties Studies Thu, 10 Apr 2008 12:06:38 -0700 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=23541 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=23541 Inclusive Security's three-year Rwanda Project revealed that Rwandan women, who achieved near parity in the country's legislature in 2003, made extraordinary contributions to the rebuilding of their society following the 1994 genocide. Read the research to learn more about their achievements. SOURCE: Rwanda Project Research Rwanda Project Research Tue, 08 Apr 2008 09:43:09 -0700 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=23474 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=23474 Google Earth's new mapping programme takes you on a virtual reality tour with the UN refugee agency of some of the world's major displacement crises and the humanitarian efforts aimed at helping the victims. The first use of this geospatial tool focuses on refugees and displaced people located in remote areas of Chad, Iraq, Colombia and Sudan's volatile Darfur region. Sit in front of your computer and, with a few clicks, see, hear and develop an emotional understanding of what it is like to be a refugee. Highlighted are not only the physical area of the camp and surrounding country, but key parts of daily life such as education and health in photo, text and video format. Within seconds, Google Earth brings the daily life of a refugee camp into your home thousands of kilometres away. SOURCE: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees // Google Earth United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees // Google Earth Mon, 07 Apr 2008 11:49:30 -0700 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=23457 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=23457 The States in Transition Observatory (SITO) is a research and advocacy unit within Idasa’s Political Governance Programme. This unit aims to facilitate understanding of the challenges faced by African countries experiencing a democratic deficit. SITO provides access to information and analysis of political developments in countries in transition or crisis, ultimately to strengthen democratic development in those countries. SITO work has most recently centred on Zimbabwe. Daily newsflashes highlight the top news stories on Zimbabwe, focusing mainly on the economy and politics. In addition, the project is able to provide comprehensive non-partisan information and monthly political briefs as a service to interested stakeholders and observers. Copies of the regular political briefs are available here, and on a partner website - Africa Interactive - which the project manages. These political briefs allow members of the public and diplomats to closely follow unfolding events in the country. The website also has articles, opinion pieces and analysis written by leading experts on Zimbabwe as well as by the staff of SITO. SOURCE: Institute for Democracy in South Africa Institute for Democracy in South Africa Wed, 02 Apr 2008 14:47:49 -0700 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=23340 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=23340 Over the course of approximately ten weeks, Team Sub-Saharan Africa conducted research and performed analysis on the role of NSAs in Sub-Saharan Africa. This project also includes the evaluation of analytic methodologies and their effectiveness in creating our analytic product. The specific requirements included: What role will non-state actors (NSAs) play and what impact will NSAs have in Sub-Saharan Africa over the next five years? What is the likely importance of NSAs vs. State Actors, Supra-State Actors and other relevant categories of actors in sub Saharan Africa? What are the roles of these actors in key countries, such as Niger? Are there geographic, cultural, economic or other patterns of activity along which the roles of these actors are either very different or strikingly similar? What analytical processes and methodologies were applied to the questions above and which proved to be effective or ineffective? SOURCE: Mercyhurst Intelligence Estimate Mercyhurst Intelligence Estimate Tue, 25 Mar 2008 11:20:58 -0700 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=23089 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=23089 The Court Watch Project ("CWP") of the Center for Social Development has been monitoring court proceedings in Cambodia since 2003. CWP monitors observe proceedings to assess the courts' compliance with Cambodian law as well as international fair trial standards (such as the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights). Based on this trial monitoring, the CWP issues reports that highlight possible breaches of fair trial rights. With respect to each area of concern, the reports describe the legal framework, explain CWP's factual findings and give case examples, and make recommendations for reform. These recommendations are directed at specific actors who are in a position to affect change. CSD issues four Court Watch Bulletins and one Annual Report per year. SOURCE: Center for Social Development Center for Social Development Wed, 19 Mar 2008 11:05:11 -0700 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=23007 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=23007 Peer into six windows of the world where women are claiming and exercising their power to make a difference. Travel across the globe with us as we focus on the untold tales of women taking part in politics in India, Nigeria, Norway, Mexico, Morocco, and the United States. SOURCE: International Museum of Women International Museum of Women Fri, 07 Mar 2008 12:38:47 -0800 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=22832 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=22832 This project's mission is "to enhance current understanding of the global distribution of poverty and the geographic and biophysical conditions of where the poor live." Its website features maps, datasets (with information about malnutrition and infant mortality rates), papers and presentations, and the 2006 "Atlas of Poverty." SOURCE: Center for International Earth Science Information Network // Columbia University Center for International Earth Science Information Network // Columbia University Fri, 07 Mar 2008 12:37:22 -0800 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=22831 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=22831 Making sense of Darfur Begun in May 2007 Making Sense of Darfur is a Social Science Research Council blog that addresses human rights, peace keeping and the socio-economic consequences of crisis in this region. Posts lend support to the stated theme of the weblog: "What do we need to know about Darfur and what does this necessary knowledge tell us about what we should do?" SOURCE: Social Science Research Council Social Science Research Council Tue, 04 Mar 2008 14:28:53 -0800 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=22756 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=22756 The Comparative National Elections Project (CNEP) currently includes 24 national election surveys conducted in 19 countries since 1990. It has evolved in three distinct phases: CNEP I, CNEP II, and CNEP III. All of these studies share a concern with the processes of intermediation through which citizens receive information about policies, parties, candidates, and politics in general during the course of election campaigns, thus reviving the long neglected research perspective of the “Columbia School” established by Paul Lazarsfeld and his colleagues in the 1940s and 1950s. Accordingly, survey questionnaires include batteries of questions dealing with flows of information through primary social networks (among family members, friends, neighbors, and co-workers), and secondary associations (especially trade unions, religious organizations, and political parties), as well as flows of information from the communications media. SOURCE: Comparative National Elections Project Comparative National Elections Project Tue, 04 Mar 2008 13:57:28 -0800 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=22754 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=22754 The long-term aim of this human security project is to build the technical and institutional capacity, as well as the political will, to record details of every single victim of violent conflict, worldwide. This represents the next step beyond existing estimation and other aggregate ‘measurement’ of human losses (such as numerical totals) to the identification and documentation of each and every individual who is killed or injured in armed conflicts. Among other benefits, such recording acts as a memorial for posterity and a recognition of our common humanity across the world. Most importantly, it will ensure that the full cost of conflict is known and can be understood to the greatest extent achievable, and become an immediately applicable component, and resource for, conflict prevention and post-conflict recovery and reconciliation. SOURCE: Oxford Research Group: Recording Casualties in Armed Conflict Oxford Research Group: Recording Casualties in Armed Conflict Mon, 03 Mar 2008 13:15:40 -0800 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=22740 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=22740 Terrorism has been on the agenda of the United Nations for decades. Thirteen international conventions have been elaborated within the framework of the United Nations system relating to specific terrorist activities. Member States through the General Assembly have been increasingly coordinating their counter-terrorism efforts and continuing their legal norm setting work. The Security Council has also been active in countering terrorism through resolutions and by establishing several subsidiary bodies. At the same time a number of programmes, offices and agencies of the United Nations system have been engaged in specific operational actions against terrorism further assisting Member States in their efforts. To consolidate and enhance these activities Member States opened a new phase in their counter-terrorism efforts by agreeing on a global strategy to counter terrorism. SOURCE: http://www.un.org/terrorism/ http://www.un.org/terrorism/ Mon, 03 Mar 2008 13:12:09 -0800 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=22738 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=22738 Sudanic Africa is an international academic journal devoted to the presentation and discussion of historical sources on the Sudanic belt, the area between the Sahara and the Bay of Niger, the Atlantic and the Indian Oceans. The journal typically presents such sources in the original language and in translation, with comments. SOURCE: Centre for Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies // University of Bergen Centre for Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies // University of Bergen Mon, 03 Mar 2008 12:00:13 -0800 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=22726 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=22726 The Balkan Trust for Democracy (BTD) is a 10-year, $30-million grantmaking initiative that supports democracy, good governance, and Euroatlantic integration in Southeastern Europe. This award-winning public-private partnership was created in 2003 by the German Marshall Fund of the United States, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), and the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation. BTD is structured to allow both European and U.S. partners to join the effort to strengthen transatlantic cooperation in the Balkans. Since its founding, additional contributions from the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, the Royal Netherlands Embassy in Belgrade, the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA), the Tipping Point Foundation, and Compagnia di San Paolo, and the Robert Bosch Foundation have made BTD a true transatlantic partnership. SOURCE: Balkan Trust for Democracy Balkan Trust for Democracy Mon, 03 Mar 2008 11:57:52 -0800 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=22725 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=22725 The New European Democracies Project encompasses the broad region from the Baltic to the Adriatic and the Black Seas, and monitors both the most successful and the most challenged states that emerged from the defunct communist systems. The goal of the project is to help these countries to achieve their democratic potential, to strengthen their relations with the United States, and to stabilize their respective regions. All activities are undertaken with the goal of contributing to an informed public policy debate during this important era for the consolidation of democracy and security across a wider Europe. SOURCE: New European Democracies Project New European Democracies Project Fri, 29 Feb 2008 14:48:23 -0800 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=22714 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=22714 The Transnational and Non-State Armed Groups Project is an international and interdisciplinary initiative driven jointly by the Program on Humanitarian Policy and Conflict Research at Harvard University (HPCR) and the Graduate Institute on International Studies in Geneva (HEI). The project aims to examine analytically the place of non-state armed groups within the context of armed conflict, and to identify strategic options as to the legal and policy implications of the contemporary role of these actors. SOURCE: Transnational and Non-State Armed Groups Project // Program on Humanitarian Policy and Conflict Research // Harvard University Transnational and Non-State Armed Groups Project // Program on Humanitarian Policy and Conflict Research // Harvard University Fri, 29 Feb 2008 14:44:28 -0800 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=22713 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=22713 The Armed Groups Project is a research group based at the University of Calgary dedicated to analyzing how various types of armed organizations -- including militaries, police forces, and non-state armed groups -- operate and may better respect core human rights and humanitarian standards. SOURCE: Armed Groups Project // University of Calgary Armed Groups Project // University of Calgary Thu, 21 Feb 2008 11:41:36 -0800 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=22545 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=22545 BIRN Kosovo aims to help bring down barriers to the territory’s stability and integration into Europe through the provision of information, training and challenging current affairs TV programming in local media, which encourages public dialogue. The critical issue of Kosovo’s final status remains in the way of its political and economic re-integration into the Balkans and the wider European community. It impedes any serious international investment in Kosovo, while organised crime gains an increasing hold and paralysing corruption appears endemic. De facto lines of partition between Serb and Albanian communities are becoming ever more stark. SOURCE: Balkan Investigative Reporting Network Balkan Investigative Reporting Network Thu, 21 Feb 2008 11:31:55 -0800 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=22544 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=22544 Alive in Baghdad is a a project of Small World News Ltd. Co. which employs local Iraqi journalists to create weekly news reports and video films showing daily life in Baghdad, Iraq. Its website provides free access to the video archive of films from approximately 2005 onwards, plus a blog of comments and diary entries from Iraqi residents and journalists. These offer an Iraqi insight into economic, social and human rights conditions in Baghdad in the aftermath of the fall of Saddam Hussein. Technical and copyright information is displayed on the website. SOURCE: Small World News Ltd Co Small World News Ltd Co Mon, 18 Feb 2008 15:57:25 -0800 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=22478 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=22478 The Asian International Justice Initiative (AIJI) is a collaboration between the East-West Center and the U.C. Berkeley War Crimes Studies Center. AIJI builds on four year's experience in which the two Centers have worked closely to establish justice initiatives and capacity-building programs in the human rights sector in Asia. The two Centers continue to focus on projects and activities that combine their primary strengths: the regional expertise of the East-West Center and the transitional justice training and research capabilities of the War Crimes Studies Center. The projects are directed by Professor David Cohen, a leading expert in international humanitarian law and international criminal law. SOURCE: East-West Center East-West Center Tue, 12 Feb 2008 16:00:20 -0800 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=22372 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=22372 IPA has been working with governments, international organizations and civil society to improve regulation of the international private military and security industry for over two years. Following more than 6 months of consultations, IPA has produced a database of more than 150 researchers working in this field. It contains details of researchers from around the world writing in many languages, their prior publications, areas of research focus, current work, and contact details. The database will facilitate the effective regulation of international private security by improving coordination of research, commentary and civil society input into existing and new regulatory processes. Listing in the database is open to all independent researchers from academia and civil society organizations, anywhere in the world, writing in any language. SOURCE: International Peace Academy International Peace Academy Mon, 11 Feb 2008 13:47:22 -0800 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=22337 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=22337 Located at Queen's University, in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, the International Centre for the Advancement of Community Based Rehabilitation (ICACBR) is an organization committed to advancing the concept of community based rehabilitation (CBR) practice in partnership with persons with disabilities and their communities around the world. All of ICACBR's activities are directed towards achieving international excellence in CBR education, research and service delivery. The Centre's goal is to increase the acceptance and knowledge of CBR as an appropriate and realistic method for improving the quality of life of persons with disabilities, their families, and their communities. SOURCE: Queen's University // International Centre for the Advancement of Community Based Rehabilitation Queen's University // International Centre for the Advancement of Community Based Rehabilitation Thu, 24 Jan 2008 12:26:58 -0800 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=22000 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=22000 Global Peacebuilders is an international network of conflict resolution, conflict transformation and peacebuilding initiatives. By connecting organisations, individual practitioners, researchers and other groups worldwide, we offer a solid platform for learning, exchange of innovative practice and development of international partnerships for reconciliation and peacebuilding. SOURCE: Wed, 23 Jan 2008 10:55:21 -0800 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=21983 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=21983 A U.S.-based project to promote a human security framework to US policymakers and military leaders. 3D security includes conflict prevention and peacebuilding programs. Conflict prevention and peacebuilding seek to prevent, reduce, transform, and help people recover from violence. They address the root causes of economic, political and social instability through a wide range of programs such as job creation, reconciliation between conflicting groups, democratization of decision-making, environmentally-sustainable development, and training in conflict resolution skills. SOURCE: Center for Justice and Peacebuilding // Eastern Mennonite University Center for Justice and Peacebuilding // Eastern Mennonite University Tue, 22 Jan 2008 12:29:53 -0800 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=21957 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=21957 This report describes how the war and its aftermath continue to have a disastrous impact on the physical and mental health of the Iraqi people, and the urgent measures needed to improve health and health services. It focuses on the many failures of the occupying forces and their governments to protect health, or to facilitate the rebuilding of a health system based on primary health care principles. It assesses the current state of the health system, including the impact of insecurity, and the workforce, supplies, medicines and equipment it lacks. It also looks at health information and health policy. There is a special focus on mental health care, a particularly neglected area. The report ends with conclusions and recommendations, exploring what needs to happen now in Iraq and what lessons can be learned. SOURCE: MedAct MedAct Mon, 21 Jan 2008 09:16:53 -0800 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=21904 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=21904 Ushahidi.com is a tool for people who witness acts of violence in Kenya in these post-election times. You can report the incident that you have seen, and it will appear on a map-based view for others to see. We are working with local Kenyan NGO's to get information and to verify each incident. SOURCE: USHAHIDI USHAHIDI Thu, 17 Jan 2008 13:00:34 -0800 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=21854 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=21854 The Initiative for Peacebuilding (IfP) is a consortium led by International Alert and funded by the European Commission1. IfP draws together the complementary geographic and thematic expertise of 10 civil society organisations (and their networks) with offices across the EU and in conflict-affected countries. Its aim is to develop and harness international knowledge and expertise in the field of conflict prevention and peacebuilding to ensure that all stakeholders, including EU institutions, can access strong independent analysis in order to facilitate better informed and more evidence-based policy decisions. SOURCE: Initiative for Peacebuilding Initiative for Peacebuilding Tue, 15 Jan 2008 11:34:29 -0800 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=21808 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=21808 Minority Rights Group International campaigns worldwide with around 130 partners in over 60 countries to ensure that disadvantaged minorities and indigenous peoples, often the poorest of the poor, can make their voices heard. Through training and education, legal cases, publications and the media, we support minority and indigenous people as they strive to maintain their rights to the land they live on, the languages they speak, to equal opportunities in education and employment, and to full participation in public life. SOURCE: Minority Rights Group International Minority Rights Group International Tue, 11 Dec 2007 10:56:31 -0800 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=16771 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=16771 The so-called "war on terrorism" has seen democratic governments resort to torture and ill treatment of persons suspected of involvement in terrorist activities and has reignited the age-old debate about whether torture can be justified if the purpose is to save innocent lives. In this context, prominent opinion and decision-makers as well as members of the general public in leading democratic countries have argued that new forms of transnational terrorism necessitate a revision of existing legal and moral norms related to torture and ill treatment. At the same time, authoritarian rulers around the world have exploited this climate to step up their oppression of political opposition groups. In February 2007, with funding from the European Commission, the Fédération International des Droits de l'Homme (FIDH) in partnership with the #IRCT launched the three-year project, "Preventing Torture within the Fight against Terrorism". The overall objective is to contribute to re-establish international respect for the absolute prohibition against torture and ill treatment embedded in international law. The project will do this through a wide range of complementary activities covering research, awareness raising, advocacy and capacity building. SOURCE: Fédération Internationale des ligues des droits de l'Homme // International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims Fédération Internationale des ligues des droits de l'Homme // International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims Mon, 10 Dec 2007 12:48:10 -0800 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=21296 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=21296 The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) has made an agreement with the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs to administer a new standby force for peace mediation. Norway will finance a standby force comprised of a group of peace mediation experts. The standby force will be administered by NRC and stand at the disposal of the UN. The group is now being recruited. he standby force will be comprised of one manager and five international experts on peace mediation. The group will cover various subject areas including security issues, transitional justice (approaches used by states to address past human rights wrongs) and human rights, via constitutions and formulating peace agreements, to the distribution of wealth and sharing of power. Together this group will support the UN’s peace mediation activities and represents a substantial strengthening of the UN’s conflict resolution abilities. SOURCE: Norwegian Refugee Council Norwegian Refugee Council Fri, 02 Nov 2007 11:02:51 -0700 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=21035 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=21035 The Wilson Center’s History and Public Policy Program recently launched an initiative called The North Korea International Documentation Project (NKIDP), supported by the Korea Foundation and other donors. In cooperation with the University of North Korean Studies based in Seoul and an international network of researchers, the NKIDP provides access to original and translated archival documents on North Korea, publishes a working paper series, regularly contributes to the Cold War International History Project Bulletin series, and holds conferences and workshops at the Wilson Center and throughout East Asia. SOURCE: Wilson Center Wilson Center Mon, 29 Oct 2007 14:02:31 -0700 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=20976 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=20976 International Futures (IFs) is a computer simulation of global systems for classroom or research use. IFs can be used to teach or study demographics, economics, food, energy, the environment, and international politics. It is especially suitable for analysis of sustainable development and for examining the human dimensions of global change. SOURCE: Hughes, Barry B. // University of Denver Hughes, Barry B. // University of Denver Wed, 24 Oct 2007 03:48:29 -0700 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=20833 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=20833 Over the past few months, powerful storms and earthquakes ravaged various regions across the world. They destroyed dwellings and other infrastructure, resulted in job losses, and damaged fisheries and agriculture. The media spotlight cast around these natural disasters has exposed immense human suffering, environmental destruction, and gross socioeconomic inequities aspects that can exacerbate the direct effects of the disasters. In some cases, the destructive forces of conflict and disaster overlap. New opportunities for peace and reconciliation may emerge as suffering cuts across the divides of conflict, prompting common relief needs. Reconstruction may only be able to proceed if a ceasefire or peace agreement is negotiated. The Worldwatch project on disasters and peacemaking will examine a range of cases, including the situation in Aceh (Indonesia) and Sri Lanka after the December 2004 tsunami, Indo-Pakistani relations following the Kashmir earthquake of October 2005, earthquake diplomacy between Turkey and Greece, and other cases. SOURCE: WorldWatch Institute WorldWatch Institute Wed, 24 Oct 2007 03:48:29 -0700 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=20893 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=20893 The High-Level Dialogue on International Migration and Development will take place on 14 and 15 September 2006 in New York at UN Headquarters. In its resolution 58/208 of 23 December 2003, the General Assembly decided to devote a high-level dialogue to international migration and development during its sixty-first session in 2006. The purpose of the high-level dialogue is to discuss the multidimensional aspects of international migration and development in order to identify appropriate ways and means to maximize its development benefits and minimize its negative impacts. Additionally, the high-level dialogue should have a strong focus on policy issues, including the challenge of achieving the internationally agreed development goals, including the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). SOURCE: United Nations // United Nations General Assembly United Nations // United Nations General Assembly Wed, 24 Oct 2007 03:48:24 -0700 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=20693 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=20693 The Crimes of War Project is a collaboration of journalists, lawyers and scholars dedicated to raising public awareness of the laws of war and their application to situations of conflict. The project's goal is to promote understanding of international humanitarian law among journalists, policymakers, and the general public, in the belief that a wider knowledge of the legal fr#amework governing armed conflict will lead to greater pressure to prevent breaches of the law, and to punish those who commit them. SOURCE: Wed, 24 Oct 2007 03:48:03 -0700 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=20334 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=20334 'Negotiating Disarmament' seeks to inject practical and empirically-based suggestions on comprehensive disarmament and weapons control possibilities in peace processes. Based on case studies, analysis of lessons learnt over the last ten to fifteen years, interviews, and drawing on the HD Centre's own experience, the project aims to: * Provide practical and accessible guidance to those actively engaged in peace negotiations, including mediators, government officials, armed groups, donor States, and UN officials; * 'Demystify' disarmament, weapons control and violence prevention strategies in order to make it more accessible for relevant actors in peace processes to understand and address more comprehensively; * Identify and describe common obstacles faced in addressing arms issues in peace processes, and suggest ways these can be overcome; * Contribute to building linkages between the conflict resolution, humanitarian and disarmament communities as they relate to violence prevention and peace building activities. SOURCE: Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue Wed, 24 Oct 2007 03:48:02 -0700 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=20281 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=20281 War and its effects have a drastic impact on the lives of millions abroad and here at home in Canada. Although the devastating effects of war and armed conflict are well known, sometimes the limits of war are not. This campaign seeks to inform Canadians not only about the effects of war, but also about the limits of war. At the centre of this is the goal to promote the principle of humanity. SOURCE: Canadian Red Cross Canadian Red Cross Wed, 24 Oct 2007 03:47:56 -0700 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=20174 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=20174 The Standardized Monitoring and Assessment of Relief and Transition program is an interagency initiative to improve monitoring and evaluation of humanitarian assistance interventions. Specifically, the program will pilot an approach to routinely collect, analyze and disseminate information on the nutrition and mortality experience of populations served by humanitarian interventions. The program will also provide implementing agencies and the broader humanitarian community with a wider range of tools to support humanitarian program assessment, monitoring and evaluation. This website serves two key purposes: * First, the site serves as an organized workspace and knowledge repository to be used by core organizations and individuals involved in this program. * Secondly, the sites serves the specific needs of the information management working group. The charge of this subcommittee is to design a toolkit that will enable implementing agencies to collect, analyze and use relevant data; in addition, the committee will elaborate an approach for the analysis and dissemination of program field data to the wider humanitarian community. SOURCE: Tulane University Tulane University Wed, 24 Oct 2007 03:47:56 -0700 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=20239 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=20239 The AIMS project is building information management capacity in government and delivers information management services to organisations across Afghanistan. AIMS seeks to build appropriate skills in government to manage information management systems. AIMS seeks to exit from information system activities once capability exists within government to manage line activities with the specific information systems concerned. AIMS is firstly developing capacity in government to manage information systems, secondly, handing operational line activities to the relevant departments and thirdly developing and maintaining advanced technological expertise in Afghan staff. Through this approach AIMS seeks to develop a model for establishing different information management systems within appropriate government bodies. In so doing specialized expertise in these information management systems will be retained in Afghanistan to provide future services and advice to government and facilitate ministries to move up the experience curve. Using this approach AIMS will be instrumental in further developing the capability for Afghanistan to: improve efficiency, accountability and transparency in the civil service; increase alignment of external resources with national plans and priorities and improve the effectiveness and efficiency of reconstruction and development. SOURCE: United Nations // United Nations Development Programme United Nations // United Nations Development Programme Wed, 24 Oct 2007 03:47:45 -0700 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=19963 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=19963 The Correlates of War project seeks to facilitate the collection, dissemination, and use of accurate and reliable quantitative data in international relations. Key principles of the project include a commitment to standard scientific principles of replication, data reliability, documentation, The project is committed to the free public release of data sets to the research community, to release data in a timely manner after data collection is completed, to provide version numbers for data set and replication tracking, to provide appropriate dataset documentation, and to attempt to update, document, and distribute follow-on versions of datasets where possible. The website is intended to be the center of the project's# data distribution efforts, to serve as central site for collection of possible error information and questions, to provide a forum for interaction with users of Correlates of War data, and as a way for the international relations community to contribute to the continuing development of the project. SOURCE: Correlates of War Correlates of War Wed, 24 Oct 2007 03:47:45 -0700 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=20010 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=20010 The aim of the Fragile, Dangerous and Failed States Conference is to determine how Canada can implement the recently issued International Policy Statement (IPS) so as to make an effective contribution to an international response to fragile, dangerous and failed states. The conference brings together representatives from governmental and non-governmental organizations and research institutes/organizations in a series of key note addresses, focus sessions, and paper presentations. The Fragile, Dangerous and Failed States Conference is part of a larger, multi-component examination of the problems and solutions as#sociated with fragile, dangerous and failed states. SOURCE: Univeristy of Victoria // Centre for Global Studies Univeristy of Victoria // Centre for Global Studies Wed, 24 Oct 2007 03:47:45 -0700 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=20022 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=20022 The purpose of the L20 project is to stimulate debate on the future role of a G20 at Leaders' level (L20) to assist in strengthening the capacity to manage critical global challenges. Existing mechanisms have not been able to broker solutions for many major international issues and problems. The G20 has been recognized as having many strengths, including its diverse membership (northern and southern countries), its manageable size for decision making, and its relatively informal structure that encourages open and constructive dialogue. The L20 is not intended as a replacement for the G20, as the G20 is a meeting of Finance Ministers, while the proposed L20 would include the Leaders from member countries. SOURCE: Univeristy of Victoria // Centre for Global Studies // Centre for International Governance Innovation Univeristy of Victoria // Centre for Global Studies // Centre for International Governance Innovation