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Session 2 – Opportunities to Overcome the Peacebuilding Coherence Dilemma – Dr. Ozonnia Ojielo
Report of the African Standby Force Civilian Dimension Technical Rostering Workshop
Women and Peacebuilding in GuineaBissau
Peace at last? Appraisal of the Addis Ababa Peace and Security Cooperation Framework and the United Nations Security Council Resolution 2098 for the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Reclaiming protection of civilians under international humanitarian law: Reflections from the Oslo global conference
South Sudan Rejects Deployment of Regional Protection Force amidst Worsening Security Situation
Education and Armed Conflict in Sudan and South Sudan: The Role of Teachers in Conflict Resolution and Peace Building
Communal conflict, civil war, and the state: Complexities, connections, and the case of Sudan
Exhuming Trends in Ethnic Conflict and Cooperation in Africa: Some selected states
South Sudan’s December 2013 conflict: Bolting state-building fault lines with social capital
Les régimes de sécurité en Afrique: perspectives et défis
Book review: Phases of conflict in Africa
The Contribution of the Diaspora to the Reconstruction of the Sudan
Regional Land Context for Peaceful Co-existence in Kenya
Peacebuilding Handbook
Ethiopian customary dispute resolution mechanisms Forms of restorative Justice?
The civilian dimension of the African Standby Force
Lessons for IGAD: Mediation arising from the South Sudan peace talks
Leaning into conflict: Reflections from South Sudan
Strengthening institutional capability to adopt conflict sensitive approaches Five lessons from the Conflict Sensitivity Resource Facility in South Sudan, 2016–2018
Civilian capacities in the aftermath of conflict: Towards strengthened partnerships with African member states
Resolving African crises: Leadership role for African States and the African Union in Darfur
Mzozo Khartoum unaacha wapi mustakabali wa amani Sudan kusini?
Accounting for violence in Eastern Congo: Young people’s narratives of war and peace in North and South Kivu
Traditional justice and reconciliation after violent conflict: Learning from African experiences
Identity and Peace: Reconfiguring Conflict Resolution in Africa
Justice and Reconciliation during Sudan’s Post-2011 Transition
Partners for Peace: Community and Conflict Resolution
The International Conference on the Great Lakes Region as a peacebuilding instrument for civil society organisations
Communal conflict, communal peacemaking and governmental intervention in Nigeria Lessons from the Ife-Modakeke crisis
More than a line: Sudan's North-South border
Protecting civilians in African Union peace support operations: key cases and lessons learned
Tunnel Vision or Kaleidoscope: Competing Concepts on Sudan Identity and National Integration
Irregular warfare in African conflicts
The never-ending pursuit of the Lord’s Resistance Army
Knowledge for Peace: Transitional Justice, knowledge production and an agenda for research
The role of Religious Leaders in Encouraging Reconciliation
PEACETALK: Role of CSOs in Peace Building and Political Transition
The peace process in Mindanao the Philippines: evolution and lessons learned
Caught Between Two Cultures: When aid in South Sudan is pulled between local norms and western systems
Emerging Diversity in Security Practices in Kenya’s Devolved Constitution
Non-coercive defence diplomacy for conflict prevention
Protecting civilians in the Kachin borderlands, Myanmar Key threats and local responses
Devolved Government within the Post-Naivasha Sudanese Constitution: A Key to Sustainable Peace in Darfur
Seeking Peace in South Sudan: The Contributions and Challenges of the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD)
Women’s Roles: In Brief
De-escalating Conflict, Confidence Building and Conciliation
The role of civil society in conflict resolution in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 1998–2006: An appraisal
Manuel d’ACCORD sur la consolidation de la paix
Mindanao Peace Process and Roles of Civil Society
The Role of Civilians in Preventing and Mitigating Mass Atrocities Summary of Key Findings from the Simon-Skjodt Center’s Research Initiative | July 21, 2020
Traditions of Conflict Resolution In Burma
The unarmed civilians bringing peace to South Sudan
Military involvement in postconflict transformation in African peace-building
Peacekeeping operations and adjustment of soldiers in Sudan Peace in the hearts and minds of soldiers?
Shifting targets: the effect of peacekeeping on postwar violence
The quest for happiness as an underlying motive for violent conflict in Africa
Promoting Sustainable Peace in Sudan through Post-Conflict Justice and Reconciliation
Burma - Dialogue with the generals: the sound of one hand clapping
Global Network Of Women PeaceBuilders
Community Self-Protection Strategies How Peacekeepers Can Help or Harm
The Role of Civil Society in Peacebuilding: Southeast Asia in Focus
Three Peace Forces: The Khudai Khidmitgars, Shanti Sena and Nonviolent Peaceforce
The participation of women in the Mindanao peace process 
Civil Society: A Resource for Peace
Systems for Effective Regional Relations: Ensuring Stability Around the Abyei Area
Significance of Societal Customs in the South Sudan Civil War Resolution
The Sudanese Peace Process
The challenges of power-sharing and transitional justice in post-civil war African countries: Comparing Burundi, Mozambique and Sierra Leone
Sudan's National Dialogue Conference: The Permissible Questions
Issues Related to the Protection of Civilians in UN Peacekeeping Operations in Sudan
The Involvement of African Armed Forces in Resolving African Conflicts: A Case Study of the AU Mission in Sudan
The Bear Clan Patrol and Community Protection
Political leadership and conflict resolution: An African example
A Cacophony of Ideas and Practices: UNMIS and the Protection of Civilians in Jonglei State, South Sudan
Between a rock and a hard place The UN and the protection of civilians in South Sudan
Global civil society initiative to create a large-scale, unarmed peaceforce. A New Instrument for the Peace builders’ Toolkit
Local Peace Processes in Sudan: A Baseline Study
Exploring Civilian Protection: A Seminar Series (Seminar #1: Understanding Protection: Concepts and Practices)
Peacebuilding Coordination in African Countries: Transitioning from Conflict Transitioning from Conflict Case Studies of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Liberia and South Sudan
Analysis of the role of civil society in peace building of post conflict South Sudan after signing of comprehensive peace agreement:2005-2012
Strengthening local and national infrastructures for peace in Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Lesotho and South Sudan
The Security-Development Nexus and the Imperative of Peacebuilding with Special Reference to the African Context
Dealing with the past: The youth and post-war recovery in southern Sudan
Every Voice Matters: An Ushirikiano Mwema Kwa Usalama (UMKU) publication
Saferworld's strategic plan 2017-21
Resisting Violence Growing a Culture of Nonviolent Action in South Sudan
The challenges of preventive diplomacy: The United Nations’ post-Cold War experiences in Africa
Second Generation Disarmament and Reitegration (DDR) Practices in Peace Operations A Contribution to the New Horizon Discussion on Challenges and Opportunities for UN Peacekeeping
Gender and community security
Nhimbe Utilising a Traditional Practice in Community Peacebuilding
Mozambique’s peace decades since the end of the conflict: Inclusive or managed democracy?
Lessons on counter-terror and countering violent extremism
Civil–military coordination
Learn to play and play to learn: building resilience of local communities in South Sudan’s conflict through games
The National Dialogue Initiative in South Sudan Assessing Progress and Pitfalls
2001: Resistencia de las mujeres en Barrancabermeja
In it for the long haul? Lessons on peacebuilding in South Sudan
Transitional justice and gender in Uganda: Making peace, failing women during the peace negotiation process
Justice for peace in South Sudan Civil society perspectives
Peace building and transformation from below: Indigenous Approaches to Conflict Resolution and Reconciliation among the Pastoral Societies in the Borderlands of Eastern Africa.
The UNMIS in South Sudan: Challenges & Dilemmas
Dealing with new dynamics of post-war violence: The Role of United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) during July 2016 crisis
Non-Military Protection of Civilians in UN Peace Operations: Experiences and Lessons
Unarmed Civilian Peacekeeping Documentation of a symposium held in Bonn, 10th of October 2015
How to Make Peace Work in South Sudan Criteria for More Effective Collective Conflict Management in South Sudan
South Sudan’s Transition: Citizens’ Perception of Peace
The African Union Mission in Somalia and Civilian Protection Challenges
Working towards and African peacekeeping capability: Key issues, challenges and dilemmas in Darfur
Civil Wars and State Formation. Violence and the Politics of Legitimacy in Angola, Côte d’Ivoire and South Sudan
Addressing peace and safety concerns in Wau, South Sudan
Informing Durable Solutions for Internal Displacement In Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan, and Sudan
Ye Shakoch Chilot (the court of the sheikhs): A traditional institution of conflict resolution in Oromiya zone of Amhara regional state, Ethiopia
Reflecting on the Role of Regional and International Interventions in Resolving the Post-coup Crisis in Sudan
The militarization of cattle raiding in South Sudan: how a traditional practice became a tool for political violence
Dispute Resolution and Electoral Justice in Africa: The Way Forward
Civilian Protection and Conflict Resolution: Good Practices at the Local Level
Localising humanitarian aid during armed conflict Learning from the histories and creativity of South Sudanese NGOs
Blurring ‘the Other’: Transforming relations in the management of the 1992 ethno-religious conflicts in Zangon Kataf, Kaduna State, Nigeria
Healing the Wounds of the Past Peacebuilding Prospects for Zimbabwe
UN peacekeeping in Africa and good governance: challenges and prospects
Traditional methods of conflict resolution The Kom experience
Customary Protection? Chiefs’ courts as public authority in UN Protection of civilian sites in South Sudan
Identity and Cultural Diversity in Conflict Resolution and Democratisation Renaissance: The Case of Burundi
“Like the military of the village” Security, justice and community defence groups in south-east South Sudan
Peace and stability in South Sudan: Challenges and recommendations
Saferworld's annual review 2018-19
La question de l’appui institutionnel aux jeunes filles victimes de viols et d’incestes au Cameroun : quelle gouvernance dans la gestion de ce « problème genré » de santé publique ?
Breaking Out of the Spiral in South Sudan Anti-Money Laundering, Network Sanctions, and a New Peacemaking Architecture
Turning the Tables: Insights from locally-led humanitarian partnerships in conflict situations
Enacting the 'Civilian Plus': International Humanitarian Actors and the Conceptualization of Distinction
The South Sudan Crisis: Legal Implications and Responses of the International Community
Peacemaking and Peacekeeping: Reflections from Abyei
Experimenting with a reconciliation pedagogy in South African primary school history classrooms: Constraints and possibilities
Security and Conflict Management in the African Borderlands A People-centred Approach
Increasing women’s participation in community-based peace and security structures
Rectifying Horizontal Inequalities: Lessons from African Conflict
The Global Implication: Japan’s Peace Operations in South Sudan
What transitional justice in Zimbabwe? Women of Zimbabwe Arise (WOZA) prepares for popular participation
Working with government and customary authorities: considerations for peacebuilding practitioners
Trajectories of International Engagement with State and Local Actors: Evidence from South Sudan
Participation under Fire: dilemmas of reintegrating child soldiers involved in South Sudan’s armed conflict
South Sudan's Civil War Will Not End with a Peace Deal
Sustainable community approaches to peacebuilding in securitised environments: case study of Somalia
From soldiers to citizens: Demilitarization of conflict and society
Statebuilding and legitimacy Experiences of South Sudan
Conflicts in Africa: Meaning, Causes, Impact and Solution
Reviving peace in South Sudan through the Revitalised Peace Agreement Understanding the enablers and possible obstacles
Unarmed Civilians Sustain Peace
The Religious Landscape in South Sudan: Challenges and Opportunities for Engagement
Gendered (in)security in South Sudan: masculinities and hybrid governance in Imatong state
“They Are Now Community Police”: Negotiating the Boundaries and Nature of the Government in South Sudan through the Identity of Militarised Cattle-keepers
Orchestrating peace in South Sudan: exploring the effectiveness of the European Union’s mediation support
People-to-People Peacemaking and Peacebuilding: A Review of the Work of the New Sudan Council of Churches
Peacemaking and Peace Agreements in South Sudan: An Introduction
Sustaining Peace Through Unarmed Civilian Protection
UCP Manual (Français): Protection Civile de Paix
Evaluation of the Nonviolent Peaceforce Project with the Civilian Protection Component of the International Monitoring Team in Mindanao, Philippines
Construcción de desarrollo y paz: aprendizajes y recomendaciones desde los territorios
Women’s group slams troops in Basilan, Sulu
Gender and Livelihoods among Internally Displaced Persons in Mindanao, Philippines
Conflictos y judicialización de la política en la Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta
At the Frontline: Women Peacekeepers in the Philippines
Last Stand in Sudan?
Unarmed to Sustainable Peace: Bottom-Up Civilian Peacekeeping between Potentials and Challenges. Case Study: Nonviolent Peaceforce in South Sudan
The Commander's Dilemma: Violence and Restraint in Wartime
Interfaith Just Peacemaking: Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Perspectives on the New Paradigm of Peace and War
Resistencias para la paz en Colombia. Experiencias indígenas, afrodescendientes y campesinas
The Indigenous Knowledge on Conflict Resolution: Its Implication to Socio-Economic and Environmental Sustainability Management Among the Higaonons of Rogongon, Iligan City, Lanao Del Norte
Deciphering the jihadist threat to Mindanao’s Moro peace process
Violence, legitimacy, and prophecy: Nuer struggles with uncertainty in South Sudan
Choosing Peace: The Catholic Church Returns to Gospel Nonviolence
Formas de solidaridad internacional de las ONG Oxgam GB y Cáritas con la Comunidad de Paz San Francisco de Asís, período 1997-2002
Emberá katío: un pueblo milenario que se niega a desaparecer tras un desplazamiento forzado que conlleva a su extinción física y cultural
Stories from the Field: Stream of safety
The Fight Against Gun Violence in NYC
Tubiganay: Conflict Resolution Amongs Indigenous Cultural Communities in Central Panay Mountains
The Mindanao Conflict in the Philippines: Roots, Costs, and Potential Peace Dividend
How youth benefit from Unarmed Civilian Protection in South Sudan
Agenda Territorial de Paz
How partnership helps to resolve clan conflict in the Philippines
Community processes strengthened in Mindanao peace-building agenda
IP clans in feud resolve conflict for lasting peace and development
How RIDO is transforming rido
Peace and resilience in South Sudan
Qualifizierung im Zivilen Peacekeeping - Dokumentation des Fachgesprächs vom 10. Oktober 2020
Human Rights and Peacebuilding
The Ifugao Muyong: Sustaining Water, Culture and Life
Interview: the Struggle for Peace in Mindanao, the Philippines
Mindanao autonomy: end to a conflict that has hit the southern Philippines for 50 years?
Las escuelas de la Guardia Campesina del Catatumbo, sistematización de una experiencia de construcción de paz
Jahrestagung 2018: Soziale Verteidigung
La paz y la no violencia adquieren significado propio en Colombia en las iniciativas de paz que construyen las bases desde lo local
OING y derechos humanos en Colombia. Un golpe ineludible y vigoroso de la sociedad civil
The Philippines: Indigenous Rights and the MILF Peace Process
Trade, peace-building and hybrid governance in the Sudan-South Sudan borderlands
Resolving Conflict in Muslim Mindanao: Showcasing Four Traditional Mechanisms
La resistencia civil de los indígenas del Cauca
Civil society peace efforts showcased in forum
Peacebuilding from the grassroots: Resolving conflicts in Mindanao
IP clans in feud resolve conflict for lasting peace and development
الحماية غير المسلحة للمدنيين (UCP Manual)
Scoping the UCP Landscape and Information
Resisting War: How Communities Protect Themselves
Philippines:A Review of the Traditional Conflict Resolution Practices Among Indigenous Cultural Communities
Human Rights and Peacebuilding
Civilians Protecting Civilians: Women’s Protection Teams (WPTs) in Bentiu Protection of Civilian’s
The Contested Corners of Asia: Subnational Conflict and International Development Assistance
The Role of Bae in Resolving Conflict and Maintaining Tribal Peace and Order
Statement by Lambo of Subanon Tribe on Indigenous Justice Systems
Women’s involvement in conflict early warning systems: Moving from rhetoric to reality in Mindanao
Peace Zones of Mindanao, Philippines: Civil Society Efforts to End Violence
Conflict analysis of Muslim Mindanao
Peace Negotiations in the Philippines: The Government, the MILF and International NGOs
Geografías de la guerra, el poder y la resistencia. Oriente y Urabá antioqueños 1990-2008
Factors and Forces that Led to the Marawi Debacle
Philippines: women and inclusivity in the Mindanao peace process
Marawi: Rebuilding from Ashes to a City of Faith, Hope and Peace
Gender and Conflict in Mindanao
Philippines State of Conflict & Violence
Towards Better Peace Processes: a Comparative Study of Attempts to Broker Peace with MNLF and GAM
The Power of Staying Put. Nonviolent Resistance Against Armed Groups in Colombia
Coexistence Ceasefire in Mindanao
Land disputes in Conflict Affected Areas of Mindanao: Report of the Joint World Bank - International Organization for Migration Scoping Mission
Qualification for Civilian Peacekeeping - Documentation of a symposium on the 10th of October 2020
Conflict Management in Mindanao
The Role of NGOs and Broader Civil Society in Ceasefire Monitoring: Lessons from Mindanao
Forging Sustainable Peace in Mindanao: The Role of Civil Society
Negotiating peace with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front in the Southern Philippines
GRP – RPM-M: The “Other” Peace Process
Conflict resolution

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