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2012 Year of the (terrible economic) Dragon
Following a year marked by significant global tipping points, the threat of recession looms large. Jakkie Cilliers warns that Africa is more vulnerable to the global economic crisis than ever before.
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ISS Seminar, Pretoria: The Future Direction for UN-AU relations
The recent AU Chairperson`s report on
UN-AU partnership as well as that of the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon that
were tabled at the United Nations Security Council during January 2012,
indicates the emerging importance accorded to developing a cohesive partnership
between these two organisations. The overarching objective of this
seminar will be to critically reflect upon the outcomes of these reports, as well as discuss the likely future relationship between the AU
and the UN. More Information
ISS Seminar, Pretoria: Global Trends 2030
No
one can predict the future and we do not pretend to do so. Instead, this
seminar will present likely future developments globally including the rise of
Southeast Asia and Africa, the relative decline of the West, potential and role
of the BRICS and the like. In order to do so, this seminar will commence with
the launch the African Futures website, thereby making the IF software freely
available. More information
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ISS Seminar, State Secrets versus Human Rights? Part 1
ISS Cape Town Office Director, Hennie van Vuuren speaks to Judge Göran Lambertz, Supreme Court judge, Sweden about his presentation: Perspectives on state security and access to information from Sweden. Listen Online
ISS Seminar, State Secrets versus Human Rights? Part 2
ISS Cape Town Office Director, Hennie van Vuuren speaks to Mr Mukelani Dimba: Deputy Executive Director, ODAC about the Secrecy Bill and its impact on access to information reform in Africa. Listen Online
ISS Seminar - The threat of Boko Haram and the challenges to peace, security and unity of Nigeria
Naomi Kok from the Conflict Prevention and Risk Analysis Division of the ISS speaks to Mr. Martin Ewi on the threat of Boko Haram in Nigeria. Listen Online
ISS Seminar - The European Union in a Globalized World, Strategic Prospects
Liesl Louw-Vaudran speaks to French Ambassador Pierre Sellal, Secretary General of the French Ministry of Foreign and European affairs. Listen Online
ISS Special Report: The ICC and Africa
Mrs. Fatou Bensouda of the Gambia is currently the Deputy Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) and has been elected by consensus as the new Prosecutor of the ICC. Listen Online
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Controversies and Fear of Election-Related Violence Ahead of the Presidential poll in Senegal
Issaka K. Souaré, Senior Researcher/Acting Project Manager, Conflict Prevention and Risk Analysis, ISS Pretoria
The validation by Senegal’s Constitutional Court of president Abdoulaye Wade’s candidature for this month’s presidential elections has led to a wave of violence from opposition supporters - a preoccupying situation in the run-up to the poll. While the law is on the side of Wade, one would’ve wished that he renounces his candidature given his age and the spirit of the 2001 constitutional amendment designed to limit the presidential mandate to two terms.
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The South African Constitutional Court Extends Police Accountability
Chandre Gould and Gareth Newham, Senior Researcher and Programme Head, Crime and Justice Division, ISS Pretoria
The South African Constitutional Court has set new legal precedent by extending the basis for civil claims against police officers who break the law and cause injury or damage to citizens.
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Hope for Reviving the Arab Maghreb Union (UMA)
Abdelkader Abderrahmane, North Africa Senior Researcher, Conflict Prevention and Risk Analysis Division, ISS Addis Ababa
Since the creation of the Arab Maghreb Union (UMA) in 1989, this North African regional organisational has been little more than an empty shell. Following the public statements of both Tunisia’s Moncef Marzouki and Libya’s Mustafa Abdeljalil for the unity of the Maghreb as well as the recent visit of the Moroccan Minister of Foreign Affairs to Algiers, there is hope that the UMA could finally be re-activated.
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Rwanda`s New Genocide Cases a Milestone for Domestic Prosecutions of International Crimes
Ottilia Anna Maunganidze, Researcher, Transnational Threats and International Crime Division, ISS Pretoria
On 24 January this year, Canada deported alleged genocide suspect Leon Mugesera back to Rwanda. Mugesera appeared before the Rwandan High Court last week where he was charged for his involvement in the 1994 genocide. This and other recent transfers of genocide suspects to Rwandan local courts are milestones for domestic prosecutions of international crimes in the country.
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ISS Paper 229: Comparing Somalia`s al-Shabaab and Uganda`s Lord`s Resistance Army, Emmanuel Kisiangani
This paper argues that both al-Shabaab and the Lord’s Resistance Army
emerged out of comparable contexts and were motivated by real
grievances. These two groups have coalesced around collective frames of
injustices.
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ISS
Paper 230: Confronting Complex Political Crises in West Africa, An
Analysis of ECOWAS Responses to Niger and Cote d`Ivoire, David Zounmenou
and Sylvie Loua
This paper aims to explain how the Economic Community of West African
States (ECOWAS) has attempted to address the crises in Niger and Côte
d’Ivoire. It argues that, for once, in spite of its structural and
political deficiencies, ECOWAS more or less remained within its
normative and institutional framework in its attempts to resolve the two
crises.
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ISS Seminar Report, Pretoria: The African Union Summit – a Retrospective
From the start of this seminar participants and presenters, as well as all those
who attended the 18th Summit of Heads of State of the African
Union (AU) noted how it took place in a different
context, particularly as the antics of former Heads of State such as the late
Libyan leader Col. Muammar Gaddafi would no
longer dominate proceedings and media reports. This enabled the conference to
proceed in a more professional and business-like manner.
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ISS Seminar Report, Pretoria: The Threat of Boko Haram and the Challenges to Peace, Security and Unity of Nigeria
Since
gaining independence in 1960, military coups, ethnic and religious tensions
have characterised post-independence Nigeria.
The end of the civil war (1967-1970) was believed to be an opportunity
to unite Nigerians. Yet, in the post-civil war era, Nigeria has been confronted
by daunting security challenges including recurrent communal violence that has
pitted various communities against one another in the country. After many years
of military rule, the reintroduction of multiparty democratic rule in 1999 has
coincided or seems to have led to an intensification of ethnic and religious
militancy, characterised by acts of terrorism, civil strife and protests.
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The ACPP Daily Briefings
The briefings are held weekday mornings in the ACPP Pretoria`s Situation
Room and the Briefing Notes are the minutes of this meeting during
which each regional expert of the Programme reports on the latest human
security developments in his/her region, followed by general discussions
around the table. An intern then compiles a summary of the meeting,
which is reviewed by the respective researchers, and a senior researcher
edits the report and provides quality control before returning it to
the intern to prepare it for dispatch to the mailing list to which you
have subscribed.
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