ISS Notice: Festive Season 2012/2013

• ISS offices will close on 21 December 2012 and reopen on 8 January 2013
• The final edition of the ISS Weekly will be released on 6 December 2012, and the first edition for 2013 will be released on 17 January 2013

The ISS wishes all a happy and prosperous festive season

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Somalia: New Team, Old Hurdles

Andrews Atta-Asamoah, Senior Researcher, Conflict Prevention and Risk Analysis Division, ISS Pretoria

A reflection on the challenges ahead for the new crop of leaders in post-transition Somalia

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Reshaping the Somali police to suit the new constitution

Tsegaye Buffa, Senior Researcher, Conflict Management and Peace Building Division, ISS Nairobi Office

Reforming Somalia’s police force will be tricky, as it entails preparing the police to exercise democratic values in the face of rampant lawlessness and insecurity.

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ISS Highlight: African efforts to end impunity - Lessons for complementarity from national and regional actions

The African Union`s position on the ICC creates the impression that African states are resistant to international criminal justice. The reality is quite different. Many African countries are committed to ending impunity: a majority have ratified the Rome Statute, four have referred situations to the ICC, and most comply with the Court’s requests for cooperation. The continent provides various examples of international justice in practice, either in the form of ICC complementarity or a wider array of justice processes driven by governments and civil society. This seminar will consider what these developments mean for our understanding of complementarity.

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CPRA Daily Briefing

The Conflict Prevention and Risk Analysis Division host daily briefings. The briefing notes are the minutes of these meeting during which each regional expert of the Programme reports on the latest human security developments in his/her region.

Latest briefing notes:

• Somalia: Is Uganda really set to withdraw troops from Somalia? Read More...
• South Africa: Opposition pushes for a vote of no confidence in President Jacob Zuma Read More...
  

The motion of no confidence against President Zuma