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Issue 55
Thursday, 28 February
2013
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21 to 22 August 2013:
ISS 4th international conference: National and international perspectives on crime reduction and criminal justice
The conference provides an exciting opportunity to showcase current
criminological and contiguous research as well as policy initiatives from
across the world.
Over the past three years the conference has been an excellent
platform for researchers, academics, policy makers, practitioners and
university students with an interest and passion for criminology and related
disciplines to meet, network and share ideas and experiences. Relationships
established during these conferences have resulted in productive working
relationships spanning the globe and involving a range of crime and justice issues.
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Why we can`t `fight` violence
Chandre Gould, Senior Researcher, Governance, Crime and Justice Division, ISS Pretoria
New strategies are needed in South Africa if we are to reduce violence, and the difficult truth is that there is no quick fix.
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When a presidential candidate is charged with grave crimes
Jemima Njeri Kariri, Senior Researcher, Transnational Threats and International Crime Division, ISS Pretoria
What are the implications, for Kenya and the International Criminal Court, of electing a president who is about to go on trial for grave crimes in The Hague?
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The SADC Electoral Advisory Council`s support to democratic elections needs to be improved
Dimpho Motsamai, Researcher, Conflict Prevention and Risk Analysis Division, ISS Pretoria
An enhanced role and more engagement from SEAC could help SADC to prevent conflict and strengthen its regional political institutions.
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Sierra Leone: an election without violence
Awa Faye Daou, Intern, Conflict Prevention and Risk Analysis Division, ISS Dakar
On 17 November 2012, Sierra Leone held four elections: presidential, parliamentary, municipal and local. These elections were the first to be fully organised by the country since the end of its 11-year civil war.
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The possibility of peaceful and free elections in Kenya
Solomon Ayele Dersso, Senior Researcher, Conflict Prevention and Risk Analysis Division, ISS Addis Ababa
Whether or not Kenya`s historic general elections on 4 March will be peaceful depends on the balance between the changes and continuities that differentiate the Kenya of today from that of 2007-08.
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Mali in the
aftermath of the French military intervention:
new opportunities or back to square one?
(Please note: This report is only available in French, the English version will be released on 5 March 2013)
While the
planning process for the deployment of the African-led international support
mission to Mali (AFISMA) was laboriously under way, events followed in
rapid succession when the armed groups occupying the northern part of the
country seized the town of Konna on 10 January 2013. This offensive triggered
the French military `Operation Serval` and the arrival of AFISMA troops, including in
Bamako, in support to the Malian army. In light of the new situation introduced by
the military intervention, this report aims at analyzing the changing political
and security dynamics while assessing the prospects for the management of the
profound crisis of governance that contributed to taking Mali to the edge of
the abyss..
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Enhancing the police dimension of the African Standby Force
Hosted by the AU Peace Support Operations Division, the ISS and the Norwegian Government funded Training for Peace, this workshop created a forum to share views, information and to exchange notes on new and future AU Peace Support Operations.
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Defence spending and what it means
Terry Crawford-Brown, Chair of the South African affiliate of Economists for Peace and Security, and author of Eye on the Money that exposes South Africa’s notorious post-democracy arms deal speaks about defence spending.
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SA`s rating in Transparency International`s Government Defence Anti-Corruption Index
Nick Seymour, Senior Consultant of Transparency International (UK)`s Defence and Security Programme explains how the index works and what it means.
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